ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,016, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Rear wheel steering system" was invented by Sang Woo Hwang (Seoul, South Korea), Jai Hak Kim (Gunpo-si, South Korea) and Hyeong Seop Park (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rear wheel steering motor generates rotational force. A movement converter has a converting portion coupled to the wheel steering motor and configured to convert the rotational force transmitted from the rear wheel steering motor into a linear movement. An MR fluid is applied on the converting portion. An inverter controls dri...