ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,517, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to HL MANDO Corp. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Pedal simulator" was invented by Heejun Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Sungjun Hong (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pedal simulator is disclosed. The pedal simulator, which is a pedal simulator providing a pedal effort to a pedal of a vehicle, may include: a housing; a piston of which at least a portion of a front is disposed in the housing and which is connected to the pedal to move forward or rearward according to the behavior of the pedal; a displacement member connected to the piston, disposed in the housing, and co...