US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on July 28 for "Pedal assembly" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,700, issued on July 28, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Pedal assembly" was invented by Taro Moteki (Zama, Japan), Yoichiro Isami (Mishima, Japan) and Tatsuya Imamura (Okazaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A downsized pedal assembly adapted to imitate a turnover property of a conventional clutch pedal. A pedal assembly comprising: a pedal arm joined to a stationary member through a supporting member; and a spring applying a reaction force to the pedal arm. One end of the spring is joined to the stationary member through a fixed pivotal joint, and the other end of the spring is joined to an arm pivotal jo...