US Patent Issued to Hella on Aug. 4 for "Pedal emulator for a vehicle, brake pedal system, method of actuating a brake pedal system and vehicle" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,947, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA (Lippstadt, Germany).

"Pedal emulator for a vehicle, brake pedal system, method of actuating a brake pedal system and vehicle" was invented by Werner Austermeier (Schloss Holte-Stukenbrock, Germany), Gilbert Grunow (Dortmund, Germany), Ali Kemal Kuecuekyavuz (Erwitte, Germany) and Claus Viethen (Erwitte, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pedal emulator for a vehicle that comprises a pedal lever that can be rotated about a first axis of rotation, a power generation unit that has a coupling element mechanically coupled to the pedal lever, and a reset carrier rotatable a...