ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,833, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to TDK Electronics AG (Munich).

"Apparatus for generating a haptic signal" was invented by Bernhard Stanje (Graz, Austria), Andreas Pentscher-Stani (Leibnitz, Austria) and Johannes Burger (Deutschlandsberg, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for generating a haptic signal. The device includes a haptic module for generating a vibration, a base plate and a cover plate arranged parallel to each other. The cover plate has an abutment surface facing towards the base plate and a top side facing away from the base plate. The haptic module is arranged between the base cover plates, a first pa...