JPS6378841A - Floor spacer for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it possible to adjust the driving position for the pedal operation, by furnishing a holding member on which the feet of a driver are placed fixed to the floor of the driver seat, and composing to make the heel point position adjustable. CONSTITUTION:In the floor 4, a holding member 6 is furnished at the front position of a seat 5, on which the feet of a driver 1 are placed to operate an accelerator pedal 2. The holding member 6 consists of a mold formation of a chip urethane inserted with a bracket 7, and a carpet 8 is incorporated unitary. By fixing the holding member 6 to a fixed position of the floor 4 in such a way, the heel point of the driver is high as much as the height of the holding member 6. And by operating the pedal at the heel point at such a height as the fulcrum, the ankle angle of a short driver can be corrected, and an optimum driving position can be acquired.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a floor spacer for a vehicle that allows even short people to obtain a suitable driving position, and particularly for a vehicle that allows the driving position to be adjusted in response to pedal operation. Regarding floor spacers.

(Prior Art) In addition to the retention performance of the driver's seat of an automobile, the relative positional relationship between the seated driver and driving devices such as the steering wheel and accelerator pedal, so-called driver's Setting the driving position that can be controlled is also one of the important items. The setting of this driving position is largely influenced by factors such as the height of the driver, but the goal is for it to be acceptable to 90% of the users, excluding the largest 5% and smallest 5% of target drivers. , seat slide adjustment, steering wheel angle adjustment mechanism, etc.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) By the way, FIG. 5 shows the appropriate human body angles A1, A2, A when the driver operates the accelerator pedal 2.
This is an example of finding 3. a indicates the heel point, b indicates the knee point, C indicates the hip point, A1 indicates the hip angle around the hip point, and A2 indicates the knee point b
A3 is the ankle angle when the accelerator pedal 2 is depressed with the heel point a as the fulcrum.

Here, the driving suitability of white melon is 95°<A1<120”
, 95'< A2 <135.90'< Aa < i
The range is 10°. Also, Figure 6 shows knee 9 ankle angle A.
2. Comparison of average short stature and tall stature regarding A3. As is clear from the comparison, in the case of a short person shown by the solid line, the knee angle A2 is larger and the ankle angle A3 is smaller than that of a tall person shown by the broken line. For short people, the position of the human body is adjusted forward using a slide device in relation to the steering wheel and pedal operation, but since the height from the floor 4 to the accelerator pedal 2 is the same, the heel point is This is due to the fact that a is moved by a length p toward the accelerator pedal 2 side. If the heel point a moves forward and the ankle angle A3 becomes smaller in this way, not only will the operability of the accelerator pedal 2 become worse, but also the thigh 3 held at the tip of the seat cushion will be compressed when the pedal is depressed. This can lead to fatigue. Furthermore, in the case of extremely short persons, the heel point a may be separated from the floor 4.

The present invention was made in view of the above circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a floor spacer for a vehicle that can adjust the driving position relative to the pedals to an appropriate position, especially when operating the pedals by a short person.

(Means for Solving the Problems) That is, the vehicle floor spacer of the present invention includes a holding member on which the driver's feet are placed, and this holding member is fixed to the floor in front of the driver's seat so that the driver's heel point is fixed to the floor spacer in front of the driver's seat. It is characterized by its position being adjustable.

(Function) The driver's heel point becomes higher by the thickness of the holding member. By operating the pedals using the raised heel point as a fulcrum, the ankle angle of a short person when stepping on the pedal can be corrected to a value similar to that of a tall person, and an appropriate driving position can be obtained.

(Example) FIG. 1 shows a driving position when a floor spacer according to the present invention is applied.

In the same figure, a floor spacer 6 made of a holding member is provided on a vehicle body floor 4 at a position in front of a seat 5, and a driver 1 places his or her feet on the floor spacer 6 and presses the accelerator pedal 2.
It is configured to perform pedal operations such as. In addition, the seat 5 has a sliding device 5 mounted on the mounting portions 4a and 4b of the floor 4.
1, and can be slid as appropriate depending on the physique of the driver 1.

FIGS. 2 and 3 show the specific structure of the floor spacer. The floor spacer 6 is made of a chip urethane molded product into which a mounting bracket 7 is inserted in the width direction, and a carpet 8 is integrally provided on the surface to improve its appearance. The size of the floor spacer 6 is set so that it can be installed between the tunnel part 41 and the side sill part 42 on the floor 4. Furthermore, the floor spacer 6 is installed by placing it on the floor carpet 43 laid on the floor 4, and fixing both ends 7a and 7b of the mounting bracket to the tunnel part 41 and the side sill part 42 with clips, bolts, or the like. In this case, one end portion 7a of the mounting bracket 7 may be fixed to a console box provided in the tunnel portion 41 instead of the tunnel portion 41 via a mounting bracket, and the other end portion 7b may be fixed to the side sill portion 41. It may also be fixed using a Kiraking plate 44 or the like provided in the.

In this way, by fixing the floor spacer 6 at a fixed position on the floor 4, the heel point a of the driver 1 is set at the first position.
As shown in the figure, the height increases by the thickness of the floor spacer 6, and the positions of the knee point b and the knee point b, which move the feet, also rise. Therefore, the driving position of the driver 1 is as compared to the case where the floor spacer 6 is not used.
The ankle angle A3 when depressing the accelerator pedal 2, etc. using the heel point a as a fulcrum increases, and the knee angle A2 centered on the knee point b conversely decreases. This allows the driving position to be adjusted to the optimum position. In other words, in the case of a short person, by using the floor spacer 6, the driving position when operating the pedals is adjusted to an appropriate state, and the thigh 3 is not pressed when the pedal is depressed. Of course, it is preferable that the shorter the height of the driver 1 is, the thicker the floor spacer 6 is used to raise the heel point a.

FIG. 4 shows another embodiment of the floor spacer. This floor spacer 60 is made of a synthetic resin molded body or the like, and has a structure in which an arm 70 is integrally provided at the center of the rear end. The protruding end of the arm 70 is provided with an abbreviated bent part 70a, and the bent part 70a is attached to the mounting part 4a of the floor 4 (see FIG. 1) via a bracket or the like.
The floor spacer 60 is fixed by attaching it to.

As described above, the floor spacer 60 may have a shape and hardness that can hold the feet of the driver 1, and the specific structure for attaching it to the floor 4 can be modified in various ways.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above, according to the present invention, when the height of the driver is shorter than the standard, the driving position relative to pedal operation can be easily adjusted to the optimum state. therefore,
By commercializing a wide variety of floor spacers with different thicknesses, the present invention becomes extremely convenient for short drivers.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the driving position for pedal operation using the floor spacer according to the present invention, and FIG.
The figure is a perspective view showing the same floor spacer, Fig. 3 is a sectional view showing the installed state of the same floor spacer, Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the floor spacer, and Fig. 5 is a conventional pedal operation. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing the driving position, and is a comparative diagram showing the driving positions of a short person and a tall person. 1... Driver, 2... Accelerator pedal, 4... Floor, 5... Seat, 6, 60... Floor spacer,
a...heel point. Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5 Figure 6 Procedural amendment document March 9, 1988

Claims (1)

[Claims] A floor spacer for a vehicle comprising a holding member on which a driver's feet are placed, the holding member being fixed to the floor in front of the driver's seat so that the heel point position of the driver can be adjusted.