ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,641, issued on May 12, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya-city, Japan).
"Brake pedal device" was invented by Kenichiro Takenaka (Kariya-city, Japan) and Yuki Matsunaga (Kariya-city, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A housing is fixed to a vehicle. A shaft is rotatably mounted on the housing about a predetermined axis. A brake pedal is fixed to the shaft and operates around an axis of the shaft. A sensor device outputs a signal that detects a position of the shaft and the brake pedal relative to the housing, or a signal that detects a load applied to the brake pedal. A first fixing portion fixes a sensor component constituting at ...