US Patent Issued to Bayerische Motoren Werke on Dec. 2 for "Method for providing an active haptic feedback signal for an operating element" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,678, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Method for providing an active haptic feedback signal for an operating element" was invented by Stefan Breitschaft (Nabburg, Germany), Thomas Hilger (Iffeldorf, Germany), Christian Knoll (Munich), Stephan Mueller (Munich) and Hannes Trapp (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and apparatuses are provided for providing an active haptic feedback signal for an operating element upon actuation of the operating element. Whether the operating element is actuated is determined. Whether a function is assigned to the operating element, if actuation...