US Patent Issued to Bayerische Motoren Werke on March 17 for "Device for producing a signal which can be haptically perceived by a user of a vehicle" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,872, issued on March 17, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Device for producing a signal which can be haptically perceived by a user of a vehicle" was invented by Stefan Heijboer (Mountain View, Calif.) and Stefan Breitschaft (Nabburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for generating a signal which can be haptically perceived by a user of a vehicle includes a control device, a technical device and a storage device. The control device communicates with an external apparatus to receive a triggering signal. The technical device for the vehicle has an actuator for generating the signal which can be hap...