ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,460, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to HL MANDO Corp. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).
"Steering angle sensing device" was invented by Jinhwan Kim (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for detecting a steering angle includes a pinion shaft coupled to a rack housing in which a rack bar is installed, the pinion shaft on which a pinion gear meshing with a rack gear is formed; a magnet disposed at one end of the pinion shaft and configured to rotate together with the pinion shaft; a printed circuit board (PCB) disposed at a predetermined distance from the magnet and including a magnetic sensor for detecting a rotati...