ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,917, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Aichi-pref., Japan).
"Brake system" was invented by Toshiaki Yanagi (Kariya, Japan) and Yoshinori Inuzuka (Kariya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A position detection device has at least four sensors outputting signals according to an operation amount of a brake pedal. Output signals from at least two sensors are input to a first ECU in a distinguishable manner. Output signals of at least two other sensors other than the sensor whose output signals are input to the first ECU are input to a second ECU in a distinguishable manner. A signal transmission unit transmits output sig...