US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on July 21 for "Systems and methods for adjusting a relative distance between of a heel support panel and a pedal of a vehicle" (South Korean, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,315, issued on July 21, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Systems and methods for adjusting a relative distance between of a heel support panel and a pedal of a vehicle" was invented by Bongbum Back (Incheon, South Korea), Seokju Yong (Gyeonggi, South Korea), Taekyung Kim (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Chul Yoo (Seoul, South Korea) and James A Webster (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for a vehicle. The systems include a heel support panel configured to support a foot of a driver while the driver is interacting with a pedal of the vehicle. The heel supp...