US Patent Issued to BHTC on May 13 for "Operating unit for a vehicle, in particular for operating one or several components of the vehicle" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,681, issued on May 13, was assigned to BHTC GmbH (Lippstadt, Germany).

"Operating unit for a vehicle, in particular for operating one or several components of the vehicle" was invented by Alexander Beschnitt (Lippstadt, Germany) and Pasi Kemppinen (Lippstadt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The operating unit for a vehicle comprises a housing (12) having an operating panel (18) on its front side (14). The operating panel (18) is supported in the housing by a support member (24), which is elastically mounted at its rear end and in the front area in or on the housing (12), respectively. A rear mounting member (30) having an elas...