IP Library Granted Patent US 11,400,896
Granted Patent B2
US 11,400,896 · App. 17/082,517 · Granted Aug 2, 2022

Vehicle

Inventors: Teruaki Yamamoto (Himeji, JP); Sota Tsurumi (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
B60T7/06B60T7/047B60T7/10B62D21/183B60R21/13B60Y2200/86
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Patent No.
US 11,400,896
App. No.
17/082,517
Granted
Aug 2, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a vehicle including: a brake pedal configured to be able to operate a foot brake device; an accelerator pedal located on a right side of the brake pedal; a shift lever; a steering wheel; and a handbrake device which includes a brake lever extending in a front-rear direction and a grip provided at a rear end of the brake lever, and is configured to be able to manually operate and release a parking brake by a parking brake device. The handbrake device supports the brake lever so that the grip is movable between a first position at which the parking brake is released and a second position at which the parking brake is operated. The second position is set to a position at which the grip is recognized upon a start operation with any one of the accelerator pedal, the shift lever, and the steering wheel.

Claims (64)

1. A vehicle comprising:

a brake pedal configured to be able to operate a foot brake device;

an accelerator pedal located on a right side of the brake pedal;

a shift lever;

a steering wheel; and

a handbrake device which includes a brake lever extending in a front-rear direction and a grip provided at a rear end of the brake lever, and is configured to be able to manually operate and release a parking brake by a parking brake device, wherein

the handbrake device supports the brake lever so that the grip is movable between a first position at which the parking brake is released and a second position at which the parking brake is operated,

the second position is set to a position at which the grip is recognized upon a start operation for moving the vehicle with any one of the accelerator pedal, the shift lever, and the steering wheel,

the second position is located behind the first position, and

when the grip is located in the second position, in a vehicle width direction, a left end of the grip is located on a left side of a right end of the accelerator pedal.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein, when the grip is located in the second position, in the vehicle width direction, the left end of the grip is located on a right side of a right end of the brake pedal.

3. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein, when the grip is located in the second position, a front end of the grip is located behind a front end of the steering wheel, and a rear end of the grip is located in front of a rear end of the steering wheel.

4. The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising a driver seat, wherein

the driver seat includes a seat cushion extending in the front-rear direction, and

when the grip is located in the second position, the grip is located above the seat cushion and below the steering wheel.

5. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the handbrake device includes:

a base plate fixed to a body frame;

a first link that extends in an up-down direction and has an upper end turnably supported by the base plate; and

a second link that extends in the up-down direction on a front side of the first link and has an upper end turnably supported by the base plate,

a brake wire connected to the parking brake is connected to either the first link or the second link,

the brake lever is turnably coupled to a lower end of each of the first link and the second link at a front end, and

when the grip moves from the first position to the second position, the grip moves linearly in the front-rear direction along an extending direction of the brake lever.

6. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein, in the vehicle width direction, the grip in the second position is located on a left side of the grip in the first position.

7. The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising a dashboard, wherein

the dashboard has a recess that is recessed forward, and

when the grip is located in the first position, at least a part of the grip is located in the recess.

8. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein, when the grip is located in the second position, the grip is located above and behind a position when the grip is located in the first position.

9. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

when the grip is located in the first position, a rear end of the grip is located in front of a rear end of the shift lever, and

when the grip is located in the second position, the rear end of the grip is located behind the rear end of the shift lever.

10. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein, in a plan view, at least a part of the grip located in the second position is located in a region obtained by projecting the accelerator pedal in the front-back direction.

11. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the steering wheel is arranged on one side in a vehicle width direction, and

the handbrake device is arranged on the other side in the vehicle width direction with respect to the steering wheel.

12. The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a driver seat; and

a start operator located in front of the driver seat;

wherein the grip is located in front of the driver seat,

and

when the grip is located in the second position, the grip is arranged so as to narrow, to a rear side, a grip rear region defined on a rear side of the grip in a start operation region obtained by projecting a region, which is obtained by projecting the start operator in the front-rear direction, to an upper side of a vehicle body as compared to a position when the grip is located in the first position.

13. The vehicle according to claim 12 , further comprising a braking operator located in front of the driver seat and adjacent to the start operator in a vehicle width direction, wherein

regardless of whether the grip is located in the first position or the second position, the grip is arranged at a position away from a braking operation region obtained by projecting a region, which is obtained by projecting the braking operator in the front-rear direction, to an upper side of the vehicle body.

14. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the second position is a position at which the grip interferes with performance of the start operation with any one of the accelerator pedal, the shift lever, and the steering wheel.

15. A vehicle comprising:

a brake pedal configured to be able to operate braking by a foot brake;

an accelerator pedal located on a right side of the brake pedal;

a shift lever;

a steering wheel; and

a handbrake device which includes a brake lever extending in a front-rear direction and a grip provided at a rear end of the brake lever, and is configured to be able to manually operate and release a parking brake by a parking brake device, wherein

the handbrake device supports the brake lever so that the grip is movable between a first position at which the parking brake is released and a second position at which the parking brake is operated,

the second position is set to a position at which the grip interferes with any one of the accelerator pedal, the shift lever, and the steering wheel which are subjected to a start operation

the second position is located behind the first position, and

when the grip is located in the second position, in a vehicle width direction, a left end of the grip is located on a left side of a right end of the accelerator pedal.

16. A vehicle comprising:

a brake pedal configured to be able to operate a foot brake device;

an accelerator pedal located on a right side of the brake pedal;

a shift lever; and

a handbrake device which includes a brake lever extending in a front-rear direction and a grip provided at a rear end of the brake lever, and is configured to be able to manually operate and release a parking brake by a parking brake device, wherein

the handbrake device supports the brake lever so that the grip is movable between a first position at which the parking brake is released and a second position at which the parking brake is operated,

the second position is set to a position at which the grip is recognized upon a start operation for moving the vehicle with any one of the accelerator pedal and the shift lever

the second position is located behind the first position, and

when the grip is located in the second position, in a vehicle width direction, a left end of the grip is located on a left side of a right end of the accelerator pedal.

17. The vehicle according to claim 16 , wherein the second position is a position at which the grip interferes with performance of the start operation with any one of the accelerator pedal and the shift lever.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 21, 2022
From: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058811/0875 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 28, 2020
From: YAMAMOTO, TERUAKI; TSURUMI, SOTA
To: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 054197/0476 →
Continuity (1)
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