ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,930, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Vehicle equipped with steer-by-wire type steering device" was invented by Yasushi Ueda (Tokyo), Ryo Kato (Tokyo), Yosuke Ojima (Tokyo), Takashi Kuribayashi (Tokyo), Takeshi Takagi (Tokyo) and Munetsugu Hanji (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a vehicle equipped with a steer-by-wire type steering device and designed to ensure that a wheel-turning actuator is activated before the vehicle starts traveling, thereby improving the reliability of steering while the vehicle is traveling. A vehicle 1 includes: a steering member 15 for receiving steering operat...