ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,031, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to JTEKT EUROPE (Irigny, France).

"Electric power steering system reducer and electric power steering system" was invented by Sylvain Grosso (Lyons, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Reducer device having electric power steering, including a support member, an endless screw, a toothed wheel that meshes with a helical spline arranged on the endless screw, the endless screw including a first end capable of being rotated, and a second end receiving a first rotation-guiding means and a second rotation-guiding means, respectively, causing the endless screw to pivot relative to the support member, t...