ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,814, issued on March 17, was assigned to Witte Automotive GmbH (Velbert, Germany).
"Actuator assembly" was invented by Frederik Schmitz (Wulfrath, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuator assembly for a vehicle may have at least one detection unit and an actuating surface, movable relative to the detection unit, for actuating at least one vehicle function. The movable actuating surface may have a magnetic component, and the detection unit may have at least one sensor unit. The sensor unit and the magnetic component are oriented relative to one another such that an actuation movement of the actuating surface causes a change...