US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on March 31 for "Haptic feedback systems for vehicle acceleration pedals" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,649, issued on March 31, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Haptic feedback systems for vehicle acceleration pedals" was invented by Frank C. Valeri (Novi, Mich.), Christopher A. Archer (Lake Orion, Mich.) and Jigar Kapadia (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A haptic feedback system for a vehicle acceleration pedal includes an acceleration pedal configured to control acceleration of a motor of a vehicle, and a vibration transducer mechanically connected with the acceleration pedal. The vibration transducer is configured to vibrate the acceleration pedal according to a haptic feedback...