US Patent Issued to Witte Automotive on Nov. 18 for "Decorative element with an actuation mode, vehicle element and vehicle" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,758, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Witte Automotive GmbH (Velbert, Germany).

"Decorative element with an actuation mode, vehicle element and vehicle" was invented by Reinaldo Mensch (Wuppertal, Germany) and Ralf Hohn (Velbert, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A decorative element with an actuation module for an electronic lock system where the actuation module may have at least an outer actuation element and an interior actuation sensor for triggering a switching function and an electronic evaluation unit that is connected to the actuation sensor. The decorative element may form the actuation element and the decorative ele...