US Patent Issued to DENSO on July 28 for "Brake device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,699, issued on July 28, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya-city, Japan).

"Brake device" was invented by Daisuke Hokuto (Kariya-city, Japan), Etsugo Yanagida (Kariya-city, Japan), Takuto Kita (Kariya-city, Japan), Yuusuke Yoshida (Kariya-city, Japan), Soichi Kinouchi (Kariya-city, Japan) and Tetsuo Hariu (Kariya-city, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brake device for a brake-by-wire system includes a brake pedal, a sensor, a reaction force generator, and a reaction force changing mechanism. The brake pedal is rotatably mounted on a housing and not mechanically connected to a hydraulic pressure generator. The sensor outputs a si...