ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,324, issued on April 14, was assigned to CTS Corp. (Lisle, Ill.).
"Vehicular pedal with latching foot pad" was invented by John Clark (Granger, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of assembling a vehicular foot pedal includes providing a pedal arm and a foot pad having a front surface configured for engagement by a driver's foot. The foot pad is assembled to a distal portion of the pedal arm along an assembly direction parallel to a normal surface vector of the front surface. The foot pad is latched to the pedal arm by a flexible latch member integral to a rear surface of the foot pad, the flexible latch member extending th...