ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,473, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to CTS Corp. (Lisle, Ill.).

"Vehicle pedal spring resistance emulator assembly with position sensor" was invented by Ryan Andrew Wagner (Goshen, Ind.), David Kolberg (Granger, Ind.) and Xiaofeng Huang (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle pedal emulator assembly comprising a housing and a sleeve both defining an interior cavity. The sleeve is adapted for sliding movement in the interior cavity of the housing. Respective first, second, third, and fourth springs located in opposed ends of the interior cavity of the housing are compressible in parallel in response to the sliding movement of...