ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,169, issued on April 29, was assigned to HL MANDO Corp. (Pyeongtaek-si, South Korea).
"Steer-by-wire apparatus of host vehicle and control method thereof" was invented by Jung-Ae Lee (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a steer-by-wire system, including a reaction force motor for providing a reaction force in a direction opposite to the direction of operation of a steering wheel; a torque sensor for detecting a rotational angle of the steering wheel according to manipulation of the steering wheel; a motor position sensor for detecting a rotation angle of the motor; a turn counter for detec...