ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,904, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to HL MANDO Corp. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).
"Steer by wire type steering apparatus" was invented by HyunBi Kwon (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and SeungWoo Cheon (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steer by wire type steering apparatus comprises a first guide member formed in an axial shape, a second guide member coupled to or integrally formed with the first guide member and having a helical guide groove that gradually decreases in diameter from the outer periphery to the center, a housing in which the first guide member and the second guide member are built in, and a radial sl...