US Patent Issued to Valeo Schalter und Sensoren on Dec. 2 for "Operating input device and steering input device" (Hungarian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,949, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH (Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany).

"Operating input device and steering input device" was invented by Jozsef Gelencser (Veszprem, Hungary).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An operating input device for a vehicle and to a steering input device is disclosed. The operating input device has an upper part having an operating input surface with an input area associated with an operating function, and a lower part serving as a support structure for the upper part. The upper part is relatively movable to the lower part by an operating input force applied on the operating input...