ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,763, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to JTEKT Corp. (Kariya, Japan) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Steering control device" was invented by Kotaro Okada (Kashiba, Japan) and Kazuki Itazuri (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering control device is configured to control a steering device. The steering device includes a steering wheel, a steering shaft coupled to the steering wheel, a turning wheel of a vehicle, and a motor configured to rotate the steering shaft. The turning wheel is configured to turn along with rotation of the steering shaft. The steering control device includes a processor. The processor is...