ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,827, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Pedal simulator for vehicle" was invented by Jin Hyun Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Myeon Gyu Cha (Yongin-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pedal simulator includes a housing unit, a piston unit movably engaged in the housing unit, an elastic unit elastically supporting the piston unit in the housing unit, a damper unit coupled to the piston unit and selectively compressed by contact with the housing unit, and a friction unit coupled to the piston unit, slidably contacting the housing unit, and generating frictional force of differen...