ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,268, issued on July 21, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).
"Operating device for a vehicle" was invented by Thomas Harasim (Puchheim, Germany) and Matthias Lindner (Graefelfing, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An operating device for a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, includes: (i) an operating element having a base body with a surface that features a plurality of segments; (ii) wherein two of the plurality of segments are arranged on different planes relative to each other; (iii) wherein the two segments are each configured to be touch-sensitive; (iv) a control unit that is operatively connected to t...