ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,452, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to JTEKT Corp. (Kariya, Japan) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Steering control device" was invented by Hiroshi Hosono (Toyota, Japan), Terutaka Tamaizumi (Okazaki, Japan), Yuki Inden (Okazaki, Japan), Naru Takata (Okazaki, Japan) and Saki Takahashi (Seto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering control device controls a steering system including a reaction force motor that gives a steering reaction force to a steering shaft and a turning motor that turns a turning wheel in a state where dynamic power transmission from the steering shaft is blocked. The steering control device in...