US Patent Issued to DENSO on June 16 for "Pedal device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,808, issued on June 16, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya-city, Japan).

"Pedal device" was invented by Daisuke Hokuto (Kariya-city, Japan), Etsugo Yanagida (Kariya-city, Japan), Yuki Matsunaga (Kariya-city, Japan), Masashi Arao (Kariya-city, Japan), Ryo Sano (Kariya-city, Japan) and Kengo Ito (Kariya-city, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pedal device includes: a pedal configured to rotate about a rotational axis; and a reaction force generator configured to generate a reaction force corresponding to an urging force generated by pressing operation of the pedal. The pedal includes an urging portion configured to transmit the u...