US Patent Issued to DENSO on Feb. 3 for "Pedal device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,832, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).

"Pedal device" was invented by Yasuhisa Fukuda (Kariya, Japan), Masashi Arao (Kariya, Japan) and Daisuke Hokuto (Kariya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pedal device includes a pedal and a reaction force generation mechanism. The reaction force generation mechanism includes a resilient device and a first holder. The first holder contacts the resilient device from one side, which is a side where the pedal is placed. The first holder has a primary disengagement stopper. The reaction force generation mechanism includes a second holder that contacts the resilient d...