ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,879, issued on July 22, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).
"Pedal device" was invented by Yasuhisa Fukuda (Kariya, Japan), Etsugo Yanagida (Kariya, Japan), Daisuke Hokuto (Kariya, Japan) and Masashi Arao (Kariya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pedal device includes a shaft, a pedal, a housing, a reaction force generating mechanism, and a connecting rod. The connecting rod includes an arm portion and a push portion. The arm portion is connected to a back surface of the pedal. The push portion is connected to the arm portion. The push portion is configured to transmit force from the pedal to the reaction force generat...