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

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,852, issued on July 28, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya-city, Japan).

"Brake pedal device" was invented by Kenichiro Takenaka (Kariya-city, Japan), Masashi Arao (Kariya-city, Japan), Etsugo Yanagida (Kariya-city, Japan) and Yuki Matsunaga (Kariya-city, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tubular member is provided between an inner wall of a hole portion in a fixed member and a shaft. A predetermined gap is provided between an inner wall of the tubular member on a radial inside thereof and the shaft, so that the shaft is rotatable around an axis with respect to the tubular member. On the other hand, the inner wall of the hole p...