ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,853, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to CTS Corp. (Lisle, Ill.).
"Vehicular pedal assembly with rotation sensor" was invented by Steven Street (Glen Ellyn, Ill.) and John Jablonski (Three Rivers, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotation sensor for a vehicular pedal includes a sensor housing, a sensor circuit secured to the sensor housing, and a target rotatable with the pedal about an axis. The target has an assembly position proximal to the sensor circuit such that the sensor circuit detects a rotational position of the target and the pedal through a range of positions. A key is selectively engageable with one or both of the ta...