ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,398, issued on June 10, was assigned to CTS Corp. (Lisle, Ill.).
"Vehicle brake pedal with linear pedal resistance and rotary dampener/position sensor assemblies" was invented by Ryan Andrew Wagner (Goshen, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle brake pedal including a base and a pedal arm coupled to and rotatable relative to the base. A linear pedal resistance assembly extends between the base and the pedal arm and is adapted for exerting a resistance force against the pedal arm in response to the rotation of the pedal arm. A rotary pedal dampener assembly is associated with the base and adapted for exerting a dampening force...