ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,878, issued on July 21, was assigned to Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH (Hannover, Germany).
"Haptic control device in a motor vehicle" was invented by Uwe Gutermuth (Darmstadt, Germany), Peter Lotz (Bischofsheim, Germany) and Marc Matysek (Hofheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A haptic operator control device in a motor vehicle, comprises an input unit, wherein the input unit can be moved by an actuator unit coupled to the input unit, wherein the input unit has a surface, wherein the surface can be touched by an input member of an operator, wherein the input unit and the actuator unit are movably mounted in relati...