ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,197, issued on March 18, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Steering device for vehicle" was invented by Isao Obata (Saitama, Japan) and Hisashi Ishimatsu (Saitama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering device for a vehicle includes: an operation member configured to be operated by a driver; a turning member mechanically separated from the operation member and configured to turn a wheel; a turning device configured to drive the turning member; and a controller configured to control the turning device, wherein the controller has: a first control mode in which a maximum turning angle of the wheel is set to a firs...