US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Dec. 30 for "Steering system for dual joystick and control method therefor" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,146, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Steering system for dual joystick and control method therefor" was invented by Jin Hyuck Heo (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment steering system for a dual joystick includes left and right joysticks respectively disposed at left and right sides of a seat and configured to rotate about rotary shafts to steer, feedback actuators configured to provide reaction torque and a steering angle variation to the left and right joysticks, respectively, and a controller configured to control the feedback...