ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,218,663, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to APEM (Caussade, France).
"Control device" was invented by Charly Simon (Toulouse, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control device comprising: a body comprising a printed circuit, a mobile actuator able to move in pivoting relative to the body about an axis 50 of rotation, a torsion spring comprising two end strands resting against two respective bearing surfaces of the actuator, said torsion spring being designed to urge the actuator to rotate towards a position of rest, at least one magnet rigidly secured to the actuator, a magnetic-field sensor arranged on the printed circuit facing the ...