ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,288, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to HL MANDO Corp. (Pyeongtaek-si, South Korea).
"Apparatus for steering by wire and operating method thereof" was invented by Hansang Chae (Pyeongtaek-si, South Korea), Sunggun Lee (Pyeongtaek-si, South Korea) and Jaewoo Lee (Pyeongtaek-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are an apparatus for steering by wire and an operating method thereof which detect whether mechanical end stop (MES) enforcing mechanical rotation restriction of a steering wheel has a breakdown based on sensing information of the apparatus for steering by wire to enhance steering stability and prevent an acc...