ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,066, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Pedal array with a positioning device" was invented by Sina Meyer (Cleebronn, Germany) and Philipp Scheiner (Weil der Stadt, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a pedal array, in particular for a motor vehicle, having an actuating element for the actuation of a function by a user, and a positioning device for positioning the actuating element in a first position and a second position, the first position of the actuating element is flush with or below or slightly above a surface formed by an area surrounding the actuating element, and the second pos...