US 6,981,486 B2
Vehicular accelerator pedal device
Shinichi Yone, Wako (Japan); and Youichi Sugimoto, Wako (Japan)
Assigned to Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo (Japan)
Filed on Sep. 14, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/940,580.
Claims priority of application No. 2003-324506 (JP), filed on Sep. 17, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2005/0056253 A1, Mar. 17, 2005
Int. Cl. F02D 11/04 (2006.01); B60K 26/02 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 123—399 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicular accelerator pedal device comprising:
depression amount detection means for detecting an amount of depression, by a human operator, of an accelerator pedal and generating a depression amount signal indicative of the detected amount of depression;
throttle control means for controlling a throttle opening based upon the depression amount signal;
pedal reaction impartment means for imparting said accelerator pedal with a reaction force based upon the amount of depression of said accelerator pedal; and
pedal reaction control means for, when operation has been performed for returning said accelerator pedal from a depressed position, controlling the reaction force to be imparted to said accelerator pedal, based upon the amount of depression of said accelerator pedal.