ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,443,214, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Pedal unit for controlling a vehicle function" was invented by Martin Hruschka (Abstatt-Happenbach, Germany), Stephan Roeger (Steinheim-Hoepfigheim, Germany), Andreas Baumgartner (Auenstein, Germany), Guenter Escher (Oberstdorf, Germany), Juergen Kissner (Oppenweiler, Germany), Manfred Fischer (Oppenweiler, Germany) and Timo Knecht (Mundelsheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pedal unit for controlling a vehicle function is disclosed. The pedal unit includes a tread plate that has a support surface configured to receive an actuating force of a ...