Pedal carrier, in particular for a clutch and brake, on a motor vehicle

Claim 1

A pedal carrier device comprising a support having two spaced-apart side walls each defining an aperture, a pin carrying at least one pedal, for example a clutch or brake pedal, and disposed between said two side walls of a support, said pin having end portions, a sleeve engaged on each end portion of the pin and comprising a generally circular-shaped bearing surface including two parallel flat portions, each bearing surface being cooperative with an inner contour of a respective one of said apertures which has the same diameter and communicates with an edge of the respective side wall through a passage whose width is slightly greater than the distance between the flat portions of the respective sleeve, and means for immobilizing the assembly formed by the pin and the sleeves relative to the side walls, one end of the pin being fixed to a first sleeve of said sleeves while the other end of the pin is freely engaged in a second sleeve of said sleeves, said immobilizing means comprising a first means for immobilizing in rotation the pin relative to the second sleeve, a second means for immobilizing in translation the pin relative to the second sleeve, a third means for immobilizing in rotation said assembly relative to the support and a fourth means for immobilizing in translation said assembly relative to the support, said second means and said third means being formed by a U-shaped resilient member having branches, two transverse opposed recesses in the second sleeve, and a groove in the pin, said branches being simultaneously engaged in said two recesses, said U-shaped member including an extension portion which is substantially parallel to the pin and the respective side wall defining a notch in which notch is resiliently engaged said extension portion, said notch communicating with the aperture in which the second sleeve is engaged.