ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,846, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to AISIN Corp. (Kariya, Japan).
"Operation amount detection device" was invented by Hiroshi Isono (Kariya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An operation amount detection device including a first member rotational about a rotation center axis by an operation force input to a pedal and transmitting rotation torque. A second member receives, from a reaction force member, a reaction force of the transmitted torque, the second member being rotatable about the rotation center axis and axially movable relative to the first member and being interposed between the first member and the reaction force me...