ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,349, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).
"Brake pedal device" was invented by Kengo Ito (Kariya, Japan), Etsugo Yanagida (Kariya, Japan), Daisuke Hokuto (Kariya, Japan), Masashi Arao (Kariya, Japan) and Yasuhisa Fukuda (Kariya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a brake pedal device, a brake pedal is connected to a casing with a posture changeable by a brake operation of a driver, and includes an operation unit that is pressed by a driver. A reaction force generating unit is provided inside the casing, and the reaction force generating unit is configured to generate a reaction force with respect to th...