ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,233,962, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Hangzhou Kingway Technology Co. Ltd. (Hangzhou, China).

"Steer-by-wire steering system comprising a steering wheel rotation limiting device" was invented by Franco Cimatti (Pavullo nel Frignano, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering system includes a steering wheel rotation limiting device being arranged radially offset to the steering wheel hub and including a base being fixed to the or another non-rotatable component of the steering system and a sliding element. The base includes two opposing end stop surfaces, and the sliding element is axially slidable parallel to the axis of rota...