ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,606, issued on May 12, was assigned to Zhongshan AOD Electronics Technology Co. Ltd. (Zhongshan, China).

"Linkage mechanism, pedal apparatus, and vehicle" was invented by Jingyu Zhang (Zhongshan, China), Xiangliang Meng (Zhongshan, China) and Xuanmo Guo (Zhongshan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A linkage mechanism, a pedal apparatus, and a vehicle are disclosed. The linkage mechanism comprises a mounting base, a telescopic base located below the mounting base, a first swing arm and a second swing arm pivotally connecting the bases, a flipping arm pivotally connected to the telescopic base, and at least one linkage assembly. The...