US Patent Issued to Volvo Car on July 14 for "Brake pedal with safety features" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,312, issued on July 14, was assigned to Volvo Car Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Brake pedal with safety features" was invented by Marcel Kapocs (Gothenburg, Sweden) and Mickael Larsen (Gothenburg, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brake booster pushrod to pedal interface cage includes a plurality of side walls; a front face connecting to each of the plurality of side walls at or near a first side of the plurality of side walls, the front face including a recess for receiving an end of a booster pushrod; and at least one weakened portion configured to allow the booster pushrod to move through the front face at a predetermined for...