Pedal box
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Pedalbox | ||
The current design of the pedals has hardly changed in more than fifty years and its configuration has no technical considerations but is due to ergonomic and safety reasons. The position and the order of the pedals of the car are the same in most cars: clutch, brake and accelerator or only brake and accelerator in automatic cars. The pedals retain two other common aspects in the design: the accelerator is usually rectangular and also usually the accelerator pedal is lower than the brake pedal that is usually square. The rectangular shape and the position of the accelerator pedal promotes foot rest. | | |
Pedalbox | ||
The pedal box is the support for the pedals of a car, the pedals are fixed to the pedals with all the electronic systems (sensors, limiters) for the acceleration of the front and gear change if the clutch is present. The pedal box is the structure of the pedal board, which is fixed to the platform to support thrusts in the pedals even above 800 kg. It is usually made im polypropylene fiberglass or polyamide with fiberglass. | | |
Accelerator | ||
The accelerator is usually made of technopolymer, such as polypropylene fiberglass or polyamide 6 fiberglass. The pin on which it is levered is on acetal, the position sensor for acceleration is usually on PBT. | ||
Brake | ||
The brake pedal, for obvious safety reasons, has always been made of metal, in some cases a technopolymer is over-injected (Polyamide 66 fiberglass) but the core is always metallic. |