ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,067, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).
"Pedal device" was invented by Atsushi Nishimura (Kariya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a pedal device, a pedal is attached to a housing, and a reaction force generating unit is configured to apply a reaction force to the pedal against a load given by a braking operation due to elastic deformation when the posture of the pedal changes from a reference position in a first direction by the braking operation, and to restore a position of the pedal to the reference position by the reaction force when the braking operation is released. A pedal restoring unit is...