ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,640, issued on May 12, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Actuation device for a motor vehicle, motor vehicle" was invented by Guenter Escher (Oberstdorf, Germany), Bernd Lutz (Kempten, Germany), Eduard Maiterth (Heilbronn, Germany), Juergen Kissner (Oppenweiler, Germany), Manfred Fischer (Oppenweiler, Germany), Martin Baeuml (Weitnau, Germany), Martin Winkler (Sonthofen, Germany), Stephan Knackert (Haldenwang, Germany) and Timo Knecht (Mundelsheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuation device for a motor vehicle, in particular for specifying a braking and/or acceleration request, with a first and a...