ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,759, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to DR. ING. H. C. F. PORSCHE AG (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Steering apparatus for a motor vehicle" was invented by Doeke de Walle (Pforzheim, Germany), Ralf Ahlburg (Weil der Stadt, Germany), Tarek Ashour (Stuttgart, Germany) and Dominic Arnold (Gerlingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering apparatus (2) for a motor vehicle has a handle (4) set up to be grasped by the hands of a driver of the motor vehicle during an operation of the steering apparatus (2). A hub (6) connects the steering apparatus (2) to a steering column of the motor vehicle and spokes (8) connect the handle element (4) ...