ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,524,032, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to KSR IP Holdings LLC (Wilmington, Del.).
"Floor mounted pedal assembly" was invented by Adela Frantesova (Bruzovice, Czech Republic) and Wjatscheslaw Kauz (Pattensen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments herein are directed to pedal assembly for a vehicle that includes a housing, a link member, a pedal arm, and a lever arm. The housing has a friction generating member extending from an interior surface of a sidewall. The pedal arm is coupled to a first end of the link member. The lever arm has a second lever end that includes a hub portion. A first lever end includes an attachment ...