ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,050, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOBIS Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus for sensing displacement of brake pedal" was invented by Chan Jun Ha (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Ju Ho Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a brake pedal displacement sensing apparatus. The brake pedal displacement sensing apparatus includes a magnet assembly including a magnet that moves with the same displacement as that of a pedal rod that is moved by operation of a brake pedal, and a sensing unit including a sensor element, which senses a change in a magnetic field of the magnet ...