US Patent Issued to DENSO on May 13 for "Pedal device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,672, issued on May 13, 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 pedal that is depressed by a driver; and a reaction force generation mechanism. The reaction force generation mechanism generates a reaction force against a depression force applied from the driver to the pedal. The reaction force generation mechanism includes at least one resilient member, a first holder and a second holder. The first holder contacts t...