KR100381626B1 - Footrest for preventing an ankle injury at the vehicular accident - Google Patents

Abstract

An ankle injury prevention footrest is disclosed in order to prevent the driver's ankle from being injured by a footrest on which the driver puts his foot. If a driver collides while driving with the foot placed on the top plate of the footrest, the top plate of the footrest is moved in the rearward direction by the force of the collision energy generated during the collision. At this time, since the bottom of the upper plate is hinged to the lower plate, the upper plate and the lower plate are rotated about the hinge axis so that the upper plate and the lower plate are in contact with each other. Since the upper plate is folded with the lower plate, the upper plate moves in the rear direction while maintaining an angle of about 120 °. The driver's foot is therefore kept at an angle of 120 ° to the top plate, so that the ankle is not injured.

Description

Footrest for preventing an ankle injury at the vehicular accident}

The present invention relates to a foot rest of a vehicle, and more particularly, to an ankle injury prevention foot rest during a vehicle collision to prevent the driver's ankle from being injured by the foot rest on which the driver puts his foot.

In general, a footrest is installed next to the clutch pedal so that a driver of the vehicle can comfortably raise a leg when driving the vehicle, and the footrest has a plate-shaped member between the dash panel and the floor panel. Welded and installed. That is, the conventional footrest is attached to the dash panel and the floor panel, which are the vehicle body, by welding and bolting the plate member to simply rest the driver's leg next to the clutch pedal. FIG. 1 is a view schematically showing an ankle state of a driver mounted on a foot rest during a vehicle crash. Referring to FIG. 1, when an ankle of a leg mounted on a foot rest is injured during a collision of a vehicle, The foot 42 of the driver 40, which is placed on a conventional footrest that is simply attached to the dash panel and the floor panel by welding and bolting processes, has a constant initial angle before the vehicle collides, so that the ankle 44 is hardly swollen. You will be comfortable and not go. However, in the conventional footrest, when the collision of the vehicle occurs, the front portion of the footrest is pushed in the rear direction so that the driver's ankle 44 is momentarily bent. When the footrest hits the attachment part on the floor panel when the vehicle collides, the attachment part on the dash panel is pushed in the rearward direction and the driver's ankle is bent from about 120 ° to about 40 °. There is a problem of being injured.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, the object of the present invention is that the footrest is in the direction of the rear of the footrest so that the driver's ankle is not injured in the event of a vehicle collision by the footrest the driver puts the foot This is to provide a foot restraint to prevent ankle injury in a vehicle crash that allows the driver's ankle to maintain an angle of about 120 °.

1 is a view schematically showing an ankle state of a driver mounted on a foot rest during a vehicle crash in the related art.

2 is a view schematically showing a change process of the foot rest during a vehicle crash according to the present invention.

3 is a view schematically showing an ankle state of a driver mounted on a foot rest during a vehicle collision according to the present invention.

4 is a view schematically showing a structure of a foot rest applied to a vehicle according to the present invention.

5 is a view schematically illustrating the principle that the footrest applied to the vehicle according to the present invention operates in a vehicle crash.

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10: footrest 12: top plate

14: lower plate 16: hinge

20: dash panel 30: floor panel

40: driver 42: foot

44: ankle

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is a footrest installed so that both ends are attached to the dash panel and the floor panel of the vehicle next to the clutch pedal to rest the driver's leg, the footrest is It consists of a lower plate to be folded when the vehicle collides with the upper plate is raised, the upper plate and the lower plate is hinged to be able to rotate in one direction, the end of the upper plate is hinged to the dash panel and lower An end of the plate provides an ankle injury prevention foot rest in a vehicle crash, which is hinged to the floor panel.

According to the present invention, if a driver crashes while the driver is driving with the foot on the top plate of the footrest, the top plate of the footrest moves in the rear direction by the force of the collision energy generated during the collision. Will be At this time, since the bottom of the upper plate is hinged to the lower plate, the upper plate and the lower plate are rotated about the hinge axis so that the upper plate and the lower plate are in contact with each other. Since the upper plate is folded with the lower plate, the upper plate moves in the rear direction while maintaining an angle of about 120 °. The driver's foot is therefore kept at an angle of 120 ° to the top plate, so that the ankle is not injured.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is a view schematically showing a change process of the footrest when the vehicle crashes in accordance with the present invention, Figure 3 is a view showing an ankle state of the driver mounted on the footrest during the vehicle collision in accordance with the present invention, Figure 4 FIG. 5 is a view schematically illustrating the structure of a foot rest applied to a vehicle according to the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a view schematically illustrating a principle that a foot rest applied to a vehicle according to the present invention operates when a vehicle crashes.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 5.

First, the upper end of the upper plate 12 constituting the footrest 10 is hinged to the dash panel 20 of the vehicle, and the lower end of the lower plate 14 is hinged to the floor panel 30. The upper plate 12 and the lower plate 14 are hinged to have a predetermined angle to each other, the upper plate 12 and the lower plate 14 is rotated in one direction about the hinge (16). The upper plate 12 has an initial angle of about 120 °, and the lower plate has an angle of about 100 °, so that the upper plate 12 and the lower plate 14 have a constant hinge 16 around the axis. Will have an angle.

As shown in FIG. 2, when the vehicle collides with the upper plate 12 and the lower plate 14 constituting the footrest 10, the upper plate 12 and the lower plate 14 are folded while being rotated about the axis 16. 12 maintains the initial angle while moving in the rearward direction. As shown in FIG. 3, the footrest 10 having both ends attached between the dash panel 20 and the floor panel 30 has the initial angle of the driver's ankle before the collision, and the footrest 10 even after the collision. As the upper plate 12 and the lower plate 14 of the fold each other, the ankle of the driver maintains the initial angle. As shown in FIG. 4, when the collision of the vehicle occurs, the collision energy is applied to the hinge 16 and the upper plate 12 connecting the upper end of the upper plate 12 and the dash panel 20. 12) moves backward while the driver's ankle moves backward. At this time, the upper plate 12 is folded to the lower plate 14 on the hinge axis, the ankle angle maintains the initial angle. As shown in Fig. 5, the difference between before and after the collision of the vehicle causes the upper plate 12 to be pushed backwards, but the initial angle of the upper plate 12 is maintained.

As can be seen from the above description, in the present invention, when the driver crashes the vehicle while the foot is placed on the top plate of the foot rest, the top plate of the foot rest is the force of the collision energy generated during the collision. It moves in the rearward direction. At this time, since the bottom of the upper plate is hinged to the lower plate, the upper plate and the lower plate are rotated about the hinge axis so that the upper plate and the lower plate are in contact with each other. Since the upper plate is folded with the lower plate, the upper plate moves in the rear direction while maintaining an angle of about 120 °. The driver's foot is therefore kept at an angle of 120 ° to the top plate, so that the ankle is not injured.

Claims (1)

In the footrest installed to attach both ends to the dash panel and the floor panel of the vehicle next to the clutch pedal to rest the driver's legs, the footrest is folded when the vehicle collides with the upper plate on which the driver's feet are raised The upper plate and the lower plate are hinged to be foldable by being able to rotate in one direction, and the ends of the upper plate are hinged to the dash panel and the ends of the lower plate are hinged to the floor panel. Ankle injuries to prevent ankle footrest, characterized in that coupled to the vehicle.