ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,064, issued on March 25, was assigned to HL MANDO Corp. (Pyeongtaek-si, South Korea).

"Steering device of vehicle" was invented by Sangchul Ku (Seoul, South Korea), Sunghun Park (Anyang-si, South Korea), Jeongrae Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Sungjune Moon (Seoul, South Korea) and Taeho Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to the present embodiments, it is possible to quickly and stably store and withdraw the steering wheel to secure a space in the driver's seat, limit the contracting stroke of the steering column during collapsing motion to stably perform collapsing motion, and set various collapsing stro...