ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,233,760, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Vehicle systems including stowable and deployable vehicle motion controller" was invented by Travis D Bechtel (Goodrich, Mich.) and Brandon Brady (Lapeer, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In at least some implementations, a motion control system for a vehicle includes a steering shaft having an axis of rotation and a motion control input coupled to the steering shaft for rotation with the steering shaft about the axis of rotation. The motion control input is pivotable about a pivot axis that is at a non-zero angle to the axis of rotation, and wherein pivot...