US Patent Issued to BEHR-HELLA THERMOCONTROL on Sept. 15 for "Operating device intended to be installed in a vehicle" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,739,983, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to BEHR-HELLA THERMOCONTROL GMBH (Lippstadt, Germany).

"Operating device intended to be installed in a vehicle" was invented by Dirk Nagel (Lippstadt, Germany) and Matthias Stallein (Lippstadt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The operating device (10,10') intended to be installed in a vehicle is provided with a housing (12) and an operating element (14,14') which is movably mounted in and/or on the housing (12) and can be manually transferred from a rest position to a function-triggering position. Furthermore, the operating device (10, 10') is provided with a switch (22) which is adapted ...