US Patent Issued to Hella on Sept. 30 for "Motor vehicle pedal with a detector for detecting a pedal arm breakage" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,897, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA (Lippstadt, Germany).

"Motor vehicle pedal with a detector for detecting a pedal arm breakage" was invented by Stefan Rogert (Unna, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor vehicle pedal comprising a footplate and a pedal arm to which the footplate is attached. A holder is provided on which the pedal arm is pivotably mounted. The motor vehicle pedal has a detector to detect a pedal arm break. The detector has a first electrical conductor loop that is guided from at least one region of the pedal arm adjacent to the holder to a region of the pedal arm adjacent to the...