ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,682,729, issued on July 14, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device for generating haptic signals, and method thereof" was invented by Baekgyeong Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Byeongnam Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Misun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sangheon Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Mira Seo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Yonggu Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Yeunwook Lim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device according to various embodiments disclosed in this document may include a haptic module including at least a motor and outputting a tactile signal; ...