ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,320, issued on July 22, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Pedal reaction simulator for vehicle" was invented by Tao Xu (Yantai, China) and Young Jin Jo (Suwon-Si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pedal reaction simulator for the vehicle includes a cylinder providing a first accommodation space therein; a rotation element rotatably mounted in the first accommodation space, providing a second accommodation space therein, and including at least one sliding groove of a predetermined shape penetrating the second accommodation space formed on an external circumferential ...