US Patent Issued to DENSO on July 14 for "Control pedal device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,311, issued on July 14, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya-city, Japan).

"Control pedal device" was invented by Yuki Matsunaga (Kariya-city, Japan) and Kenichiro Takenaka (Kariya-city, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control pedal device includes: a pedal configured to receive an operation; a pedal arm attached to the pedal to be movable with the pedal; a rotating shaft fixed to the pedal arm; a reaction force generating mechanism exerting a reaction force against the operation of the pedal; multiple targets attached to the rotating shaft and rotating together with the rotating shaft; and multiple sensor elements configured t...