ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,078, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Flight control system with haptic feedback and associated systems and methods" was invented by Daniel Artic (Biebesheim, Germany) and Lars Fucke (Frankfurt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flight control system includes a user input apparatus configured to receive a flight change input from a user via a manual manipulation of a position of the user input apparatus. A sensor is coupled to the user input apparatus and configured to determine a change in the position of the user input apparatus. The sensor is also configured to generate position data. A fee...