ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,285, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to JTEKT Corp. (Kariya, Japan).
"Steering device" was invented by Yusuke Kakimoto (Okazaki, Japan), Yoshiyuki Uchino (Okazaki, Japan), Kenji Shibata (Nagoya, Japan) and Takafumi Sato (Kariya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering device includes a steering shaft, a motor, a stopper mechanism, and a controller. The controller is configured to execute a first process and a second process when a determined condition is established. The first process includes causing the steering wheel to operate to a first operation end through control of the motor and thereafter operate in reverse to a sec...