ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,688,963, issued on July 21, was assigned to Infineon Technologies AG (Neubiberg, Germany).
"Operating element having haptic feedback" was invented by Klaus Elian (Alteglofsheim, Germany) and Derek Debie (Bogen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An operating element having haptic feedback is proposed, having a membrane deflectable using a magnetic field, having a coil for generating a magnetic field for deflecting the membrane, and having a touch sensor element including at least one touch sensor electrode."
The patent was filed on Nov. 14, 2023, under Application No. 18/508,574.
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