ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,814, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Pedal simulator of vehicle" was invented by Jin Hyun Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Myeon Gyu Cha (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a pedal simulator of a vehicle, the pedal simulator includes a piston part slidably disposed in the housing part, an elastic part elastically supporting the piston part within the housing part, a damper part provided in the piston part and compressed onto the housing part by a contact, and a hollow cap part combined with the piston part and interposed between the...