ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,303, issued on June 10, was assigned to BEHR-HELLA THERMOCONTROL GMBH (Lippstadt, Germany).
"Operating unit for a vehicle" was invented by Andreas Hagen (Lippstadt, Germany) and Udo Treuguth (Lippstadt, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The operating unit (10) for a vehicle is provided with a housing (12) with a front panel (14), which has a recess (16), a display (24) arranged in the housing (12) and having a display area (26), and a fastening device (36) for fastening the display (24) in the housing (12). The fastening device (36) has a holding part (28) for the display (24), which is arranged in the housing (12) so as to be p...