ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,413, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Pedal unit for controlling a vehicle function" was invented by Guenter Escher (Oberstdorf, Germany), Eduard Maiterth (Heilbronn, Germany), Juergen Kissner (Oppenweiler, Germany), Manfred Fischer (Oppenweiler, Germany), Martin Baeuml (Weitnau, Germany), Matthias Maidel (Buchenberg, Germany) and Timo Knecht (Mundelsheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pedal unit for controlling a vehicle function has a modularly constructed pedal head which includes a pad support and a replaceable pedal pad for receiving an actuation force of a driver's foot and co...