ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,354, issued on June 3, was assigned to Futaba Industrial Co. Ltd. (Okazaki, Japan) and Toyota Jidosha K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Steering support" was invented by Yuta Shioya (Okazaki, Japan) and Masahito Yabuoshi (Chiryu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering support comprises front and rear steering coupling members, first, second, and third body coupling members, first and second wall parts, which are made by an integral molding. The front and rear steering coupling members are coupled to a steering. The first body coupling member located at a front end in a front-rear direction of a vehicle, the second body coupling member l...