ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,367, issued on July 14, was assigned to BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE SE & Co. KG BAMBERG (Germany).

"Method for generating a haptic feedback on a vehicle part" was invented by Florian Pohl (Ebersdorf, Germany), Christian Herrmann (GroBheirath, Germany), Thomas Liedtke (Eisenach, Germany), Bernd Herthan (Michelau, Germany) and Christian Weidenbacher (Donnersdorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The proposed solution in particular relates to a method for generating a haptic feedback on a vehicle part including an operating element that is accessible for a user for manual actuation, and in response to an electronically detected actuation ...