ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,140, issued on June 3, was assigned to Volvo Car Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Vehicle operating apparatus, vehicle system and vehicle braking system" was invented by Yinbing Xu (Shanghai), Hua Fan (Shanghai), Wentao Xu (Shanghai), Bin Xu (Shanghai) and Li Zhang (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle operating apparatus including a stressed means configured to receive a force applied thereon by a driver for operating a vehicle; a connecting means configured such that a first end is mechanically connected to the stressed means and a second end is mechanically connected to a mounting surface of the vehicle; a sensor configure...