ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,834, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to JTEKT Corp. (Kariya, Japan) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Steering control device" was invented by Takashi Kodera (Okazaki, Japan) and Toru Takashima (Susono, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering control device controls a turning motor that generates a turning force for causing turning wheels of which power transmission to and from a steering wheel is cut off to turn. The steering control device includes a first processor configured to change a steering angle ratio which is a ratio of a turning angle of the turning wheels to a steering angle of the steering wheel according ...