ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,329, issued on July 1, was assigned to HITACHI ASTEMO LTD. (Hitachinaka, Japan).
"Steering control device" was invented by Kazuya Terashima (Hitachinaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering control device according to the present invention has an electromagnetic clutch (34) built into an electric motor (14B). The electromagnetic clutch (34) is provided with: an armature (61) connected to a first closing member (33) via a guide member (68), a coil holding part (59), and a bolt (65); a clutch plate (62) connected to a rotor (31) via a clutch plate attachment member (64), a key (69), and a motor shaft (32); and an excitation ...