ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,768, issued on March 24, was assigned to Panasonic Automotive Systems America LLC (Peachtree City, Ga.).

"Rocker actuator potentiometer" was invented by Daniel John Marderosian (Livonia, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manual control for an electronic apparatus includes a manually activated rocker actuator mechanism coupled to a magnet source. The magnet source is in a rest position relative to a Variable Hall effect sensor device when the rocker actuator mechanism is in a rest position. A variable output signal from the sensor device is substantially at a minimum value when the magnet source is in the rest position relative ...