ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,901, issued on March 17, was assigned to Tesla Inc. (Austin, Texas).
"System and method for haptic calibration" was invented by Michael Kessler (Los Gatos, Calif.), Blane Frye (San Francisco) and Tyler Sawatzky (Calgary, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A switchpack for a vehicle is provided that includes a haptic motor configured to provide haptic feedback to a user in a first mode of operation and provide haptic feedback to at least one sensor in a second mode of operation. The switchpack includes at least one sensor adapted to generate electric signals in response to force applied on the at least one sensor by the user durin...