ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,566, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOBIS Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for controlling 4-wheel independent steering system" was invented by Tae Hong Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for controlling a 4-wheel independent steering system of a vehicle. The apparatus includes a sensor module, a switch module including a plurality of switches for receiving an instruction for the transition of a steering mode of the 4-wheel independent steering system, and a processor configured to perform a steering mode transition operation of the 4-wheel independent steering system...