ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,307,015, issued on May 20, was assigned to Next System Vertriebsges. mbH (Vienna).
"Actuator unit" was invented by Michael Nussbaumer (Pitzenberg, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an actuator unit for generating haptic feedback on a human-machine interface. The actuator unit has a surface which can be moved in the Z-direction and a pressure-measuring apparatus for measuring pressure in the Z-direction. A feedback component is designed to transmit haptic feedback to the movable surface in reaction to pressure measured by the pressure-measuring apparatus. The actuator unit has contacting means for co...