ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,952, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to INVENTUS Engineering GmbH (St. Anton i.M., Austria).
"Haptic control device with a magnetorheological braking device" was invented by Stefan Battlogg (St. Anton i.M., Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A haptic operating device having a magnetorheological braking device, a fixed holder, and two braking components. One braking component is non-rotatably connected to the fixed holder. Both braking components are continuously rotatable relative to one another about a rotation axis. A first braking component extends along a rotation axis and comprises a magnetically conductive core. The second ...