ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,364, issued on June 3, was assigned to HL MANDO Corp. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).
"Steer-by-wire 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 shaft in ac...