Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090152080 | BRAKE PEDAL STOP LAMP SWITCH - The present invention provides a brake pedal stop lamp switch assembly comprising: a pedal switch plate fixed to a car body, a switch-fixing bracket mounted to the pedal switch plate and having at least one or more fixing-protrusions, a switch assembly linearly moving in a pressing direction in the switch-fixing bracket, and including a hole sensor that generates a signal when a magnet attached to upper portion of pedal stopper plate approaches and an electronic circuit that receives signals of the hole sensor, and a plurality of teeth formed at the switch assembly to fix the switch assembly that has linearly moved relative to the switch-fixing bracket, engaged with the fixing-protrusion of the switch-fixing bracket. | 06-18-2009 |
20090293666 | Organ Type Accelerator Pedal Apparatus - The present invention provides an organ type accelerator pedal apparatus comprising a pedal to which a driver applies a force to rotate a pedal arm; and a pedal bracket to which one end of the pedal is hinge-connected and which includes one or more fitting protrusions, guide protrusions, fitting holes used to be fixed. | 12-03-2009 |
20100043585 | SHIFT OPERATING DEVICE FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - The present invention provides a dial knob pivotably mounted and a hydraulic device for operating an inhibitor switch of an automatic transmission by creating hydraulic pressure using rotational motion of the dial knob, in order to provide a shift operating device for an automatic transmission that makes it possible to reduce manufacturing cost by having a simple structure and facilitate setting a layout by reducing a space for motion of shift knob, and makes it easy for a driver to shift by turning the shift knob with a hand to reduce the driver's tiredness and improve commercial value. | 02-25-2010 |
20100132503 | Organ Type Acceleration Pedal - An organ type acceleration pedal may include a pedal pad, a pedal arm, and a mounting bracket, and a foreign material inflow preventing bracket, wherein one end portion of a pedal pad is pivotably supported by a pedal arm coupled to a vehicle body, the other end portion of the pedal pad is integrally formed with a mounting bracket to be mounted to the vehicle body, and a foreign material inflow preventing bracket is detachably assembled with the pedal pad. | 06-03-2010 |
20100139445 | ELECTRONIC ORGAN TYPE ACCELERATOR PEDAL - An electronic organ type accelerator pedal apparatus, may include a pedal housing having a pedal arm receiving space therein and a carrier fitting hole, a pedal pivotally hinged to a hinged portion of the pedal housing, a pedal arm pivotally mounted to an inner surface of the pedal housing, wherein one end portion of the pedal arm is elastically biased by an elastic member and the other end portion of which is pivotally coupled to the pedal through the carrier fitting hole to transfer an activating force of the pedal to the other end portion of the pedal arm, and a damping stopper fixed to the inner surface of the pedal housing in the pedal arm receiving space and selectively engaged with the other end portion of the pedal arm to limit a rotation of the pedal arm when the pedal arm is rotated by the elastic member. | 06-10-2010 |
20100140008 | BRAKE PEDAL DEVICE WITH FUNCTION OF REDUCING COLLISION INJURY - A brake pedal device of reducing a collision injury in a vehicle, may include a brake pedal including a hitching slot at an end portion thereof, a brake switch bracket, a first portion of which is pivotally coupled to the brake pedal by a hinge shaft, a pedal mounting bracket mounted to a vehicle body, wherein a second portion of the brake switch bracket is pivotally coupled to the pedal mounting bracket by a stopper shaft, wherein the stopper shaft of the pedal mounting bracket and the hitching slot of the brake pedal are selectively coupled to hinder rotation of the brake pedal toward a driver with respect to the hinge shaft when a collision force equal to or greater than a predetermined load is applied to the vehicle, and coupling members coupling the pedal mounting bracket and the brake switch bracket and being decoupled when the collision force is applied to the vehicle. | 06-10-2010 |
20110132134 | OPERATION MODE PENDANT TYPE ADJUSTMENT PEDAL APPARATUS - A pendant type adjustment pedal apparatus includes an adjustment accelerator pedal that adjust a pedal clearance by the rotation of a motor, and an adjustment brake pedal that receives the rotation of motor through a rotary drive cable. Accordingly, convenience in adjusting a pedal clearance is provided, and particularly, adjustment accelerator pedal achieves a vibration mode in addition to a foot effort mode, which is an eco mode, by an electric mode generating device, such as a solenoid or a linear motor. Therefore, it is possible to improve fuel efficiency and to provide a danger recognition function using an accelerator pedal. | 06-09-2011 |
20110137534 | SHIFTING RANGE SENSING APPARATUS - A shifting range sensing system, may include a shift lever pivotally connected to a vehicle body, a shift range sensing apparatus to sense a pivotal movement of the shift lever, an inhibitor switch mounted in a transmission, and a controller taking an emergency measure when a signal of the inhibitor switch and a signal of the shifting range sensing apparatus do not indicate the same shifting range. | 06-09-2011 |
20120006139 | AUTO TRANSMISSION LEVER MOUSE DEVICE FOR SHIFT BY WIRE SYSTEM - A mouse AT lever includes a pair of A/B buttons generating control signals when being pressed and an operation dial turning to implement P, R, N, D, and M shift ranges, and can implement a basic function of outputting operation signals for the positions of the selected shift ranges and implementing operation feeling according to the shifting in various ways using the pressing time of A/B buttons, a function of preventing mis-operation in the shifting by using H-MATIC functions, a shift-lock function that prevents the ranges from being switched under a predetermined condition, a function of starting the engine by using a button, a customer-directional safety control function that is set by the customer, and an interface function for communicating with an DIS (Driver Information System) controlling the devices mounted in the vehicle. | 01-12-2012 |
20120125142 | ACCELERATOR PEDAL FOR VEHICLE - An acceleration pedal for a vehicle includes a pedal arm where a pedal is connected and that is rotatably mounted; a straight actuator that presses pedal arm in a return direction by moving straight; and a controller that controls straight actuator. Therefore, according to the acceleration pedal for a vehicle, it is possible to not only generate mechanical or electric signals to transmit driver's intention of acceleration to a power generator, but allow the driver to safely and economically drive and send specific signals to the driver by applying active action to the acceleration pedal. | 05-24-2012 |
20120132028 | ADJUSTABLE PENDANT AND ORGAN TYPE ACCELERATOR PEDAL DEVICE IN VEHICLE - An adjustable pendant and organ type accelerator pedal device can vary the position of a pedal assembly including a pedal pad forwards and backwards according to driver's will to thereby allow a driver to operate pedal pad in a convenient state, such that convenience is remarkably improved and merchantability is significantly improved by greatly decreasing a sense of fatigue due to operating pedal pad. | 05-31-2012 |
20120137810 | Shifting Range Sensing Device and Shifting Operation Device with the Same - A shifting range sensing device may include an electronic communication unit that includes a housing fixed to an outside of an external bracket of a shift lever, a magnet being disposed in the housing and rotatable in a forward-backward direction therein wherein the magnet pivots with rotation of the shift lever in the forward-backward direction, and a hole sensor sensing the forward-backward direction movement of the magnet, and a microswitch electrically connected with the electronic communication unit and engaged to a side of the shift lever, wherein the microswitch may be turned on/off in accordance with a left-right rotation of the shift lever, wherein the microswitch transmits on/off signal to the electronic communication unit and the electronic communication unit transmits information sensed by the hole sensor and the on/off signal sensed by the microswitch to a transmission controller. | 06-07-2012 |
20120137822 | PEDAL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A pedal device for a vehicle may include a brake pedal and an accelerator pedal which may be pivotally installed in a movable panel, an electric device selectively moving the movable panel, and an eco device transferring a motion of the electric device to the accelerator pedal to adjust a pedal effort of the accelerator pedal or vibrate the accelerator pedal. | 06-07-2012 |
20120137823 | BRAKE PEDAL DEVICE - Provided is a brake pedal device that can effectively prevent a brake pedal from hurting a drive by forcibly rotating the brake pedal toward the front of the vehicle, away from the driver, when the brake pedal is pushed to driver by a car collision, with the brake pedal supported to the car body. The brake pedal device includes a brake pedal pivotably supported to a car body, and a pivot lever forcibly pivoting the brake pedal to the front of a vehicle, away from a driver, by forcibly pivoting by means of the car body in a collision. | 06-07-2012 |
20120143439 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ACCELERATION PEDAL OF VEHICLE - A method controls an acceleration pedal of a vehicle that calls a driver's attention by causing vibration or increasing pedal effort in the acceleration pedal according to diversified driving situations. The method includes selecting a control mode of selecting, by a driver, a control mode given to the acceleration pedal, judging an eco red state of judging whether the vehicle is driven for a predetermined time in the eco red state, and executing the control mode of giving the control mode selected at the selecting of the control mode to the acceleration pedal when it is judged that the vehicle is driven for the predetermined time in the eco red state at the judging of the eco red state. | 06-07-2012 |
20120144948 | OPERATING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - An operating apparatus for a vehicle facilitating a continuous operation may include a shift lever, a gate means providing a gate pattern and allowing the shift lever moving along a path to sequentially select a plurality of shift ranges and to make a continuous displacement in a specific shift range, actuators mounted in a vehicle to change physical quantities, and a controller controlling the actuators based on the continuous displacement made by the shift lever in the specific shift range. In addition, instead of letting the shift lever to make a continuous displacement in a specific shift range, the operating apparatus may include an additional independent operator to make the continuous displacement. | 06-14-2012 |
20120144949 | SHIFTING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A shifting apparatus capable of selecting any one of plural shift ranges according to a driver's manipulation intention and allowing the driver to additionally express his/her consecutive manipulation intention in a specific shift range may include: a main shaft, a shifting lever installed to slide in a straight line and pivot along the main shaft, and a gate plate limiting a reciprocation path of the shifting lever such that the shifting lever reciprocates on a single path while sliding in a straight line and pivoting along the main shaft. The gate plate may include a gate pattern having a plurality of shift ranges arranged in a line on the reciprocation path and formed in such a manner that a specific shift range among the plurality of shift ranges is discriminated from the other shift ranges. | 06-14-2012 |
20120316739 | ALARM APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION USING PEDAL FORCE OF ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An alarm apparatus for an automatic transmission may include a transmission control unit (TCU) controlling the automatic transmission of a vehicle, an accelerator pedal unit, a driving unit driving the accelerator pedal unit to perform a predetermined operation, and a control unit interworking with the TCU and controlling the driving unit such that the accelerator pedal unit performs the predetermined operation at a predetermined time before a speed change time, when the speed change time calculated and outputted by the TCU may be inputted to the control unit. | 12-13-2012 |
20130049942 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ACCELERATOR PEDAL OF HYBRID VEHICLE - A method for controlling an accelerator pedal of a hybrid vehicle includes determining a switching state of a driving mode of the hybrid vehicle, and applying a different manipulation feeling to the accelerator pedal, when it is determined that the driving mode was switched. When the driving state of the hybrid vehicle is switched from an electric motor to an engine or from the engine to the electric motor, a driver may easily recognize the switching of the driving state. | 02-28-2013 |
20130116888 | DRIVER STATE DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH ACCELERATOR PEDAL CONTROL FUNCTION - A driver-state detection system and method with an accelerator pedal control function detects a driver's state and controlling an accelerator pedal to prevent an accident. The driver-state detection system with an accelerator pedal control function includes a driver-state detector detecting a driving state of a driver and determining whether the driver is carelessly driving a vehicle or not, a pedal controller receiving an operation signal from the driver-state detector, a vehicle state detector determining whether the vehicle is driven or stopped, based on ambient signals of the vehicle, an operation pedal installed to receive operation signals from the pedal controller and the vehicle state detector, and a vibration generator installed on the operation pedal and provided to generate or cancel a vibration of a motor. | 05-09-2013 |
20130133413 | JIG FOR CRASH TEST OF BRAKE PEDAL - The jig may include a base plate having mounting surfaces, upper mounting holes formed in the mounting surfaces and disposed symmetrically, lower mounting holes formed through both of the mounting surfaces, respectively, and disposed under the upper mounting holes, an upper support bracket having one end connected to both of the upper mounting holes and another end fixed and connected to one mounting surface, a lower support bracket having one end connected to both of the lower mounting holes and another end fixed and connected to another mounting surface, a first sample fixing rod connected and supported across the upper support bracket at both sides, and a second sample fixing rod connected and supported across the lower support bracket at both sides. | 05-30-2013 |
20150075313 | AUTO TRANSMISSION LEVER MOUSE DEVICE FOR SHIFT BY WIRE SYSTEM - A mouse AT lever includes a pair of A/B buttons generating control signals when being pressed and an operation dial turning to implement P, R, N, D, and M shift ranges, and can implement a basic function of outputting operation signals for the positions of the selected shift ranges and implementing operation feeling according to the shifting in various ways using the pressing time of A/B buttons, a function of preventing mis-operation in the shifting by using H-MATIC functions, a shift-lock function that prevents the ranges from being switched under a predetermined condition, a function of starting the engine by using a button, a customer-directional safety control function that is set by the customer, and an interface function for communicating with an DIS (Driver Information System) controlling the devices mounted in the vehicle. | 03-19-2015 |