ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,847, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).
"Pedal device" was invented by Yuta Fujinaka (Kariya, Japan), Soichi Kinouchi (Kariya, Japan), Hideaki Ichihara (Kariya, Japan) and Kohtaroh Hirasawa (Kariya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pedal device includes a pedal lever, an actuator, and a control unit. The pedal lever operates in response to a pedal operation. The actuator can apply a reaction force that is a force in a direction of returning the pedal lever by driving a motor. The control unit includes a current command calculation section that calculates a current command value based on a reaction f...