ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,808, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Sensata Technologies Inc. (Attleboro, Mass.).
"Brake pedal with force sensor and membranes" was invented by Frank H. Jacobs (Broekland, Netherlands), Laurens C. Fortgens (Odijk, Netherlands) and Jan-Willem Sloetjes (Wierden, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pedal system includes a user interface, e.g., a pedal for contacting by a driver of a vehicle, a force sensor, and a force transfer member between the user interface and the force sensor. A force applied to the user interface is detected and measured by the force sensor. One or more membranes, e.g., two membranes, are arranged at...