ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,905, issued on June 24, was assigned to HL MANDO Corp. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).
"Steer-by-wire type steering apparatus" was invented by Seul Ki Yeom (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Jung Sik Park (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Sang Hee Ahn (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to the embodiments of the present invention, the drive feel suitable to given conditions is provided to a driver by generating friction when a steering shaft is rotated to enhance the drive feel of the driver, limiting the maximum steering angle, restoring the steering wheel automatically, and controlling friction on the steering shaf...