ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,465, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to HL MANDO Corp. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Steer by wire type steering apparatus" was invented by Seong Moo Heo (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steer by wire type steering apparatus comprises an input shaft having one end coupled to a reducer and having an input gear formed on an outer circumferential surface of another end to transmit driving force of a motor, an output shaft having an output gear coupled to the input gear formed on one side of an outer circumferential surface, a first gear coupled to one end, and a pitman arm coupled to another end, a sensor shaft ...