US Patent Issued to CTS on July 1 for "Vehicle pedal that emulates mechanical hysteresis" (Indiana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,090, issued on July 1, was assigned to CTS Corp. (Lisle, Ill.).

"Vehicle pedal that emulates mechanical hysteresis" was invented by Scott Calkins (Elkhart, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pedal assembly for a vehicle that includes a pedal, a sensor configured to sense a force exerted on the pedal, and an electronic processor connected to the sensor. The electronic processor is configured to determine a first output value, and receive a signal indicative of the force exerted on the pedal from the sensor. The electronic processor is further configured to determine a second output value based on the force exerted on the pedal, the ...