BRAKE PEDAL
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Purpose/Function
• An intrusion-minimizing brake pedal has been adopted to the brake pedal to provide for a measure of safety in the event of an accident.
• The intrusion-minimizing brake pedal mechanism reduces impact to the lower extremities of the driver by minimizing the amount of rearward brake pedal thrust in a frontal collision.
Construction/Operation
During normal braking
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• When the brake pedal is depressed, the pedal arm rotates at the pin A fulcrum point, and the pedal depression force is transmitted to the fork of the power brake unit.
• This pedal depression force pushes in the fork to operate the brakes.
Intrusion-minimizing brake pedal
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L.H.D.
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• In a frontal collision, the brake pedal is forced rearward by the movement of the engine and other parts.
• The pedal arm section of the rearward moving pedal contacts the bracket.
• The pedal arm section and bracket contact point of the brake pedal rotates around the fulcrum point softening impact to the lower body of the driver.
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R.H.D.
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• In a frontal collision, the brake pedal is forced rearward by the movement of the engine and other parts.
• The pedal arm section of the rearward moving pedal contacts the junction member.
• The pedal arm section and junction member contact point of the brake pedal rotates around the fulcrum point softening impact to the lower body of the driver.
