ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,294, issued on May 6, was assigned to REE AUTOMOTIVE LTD (Kibbutz Glil Yam, Israel).

"Steering systems for vehicles" was invented by Eran Starik (Tel Aviv, Israel) and Eylon Avigur (Ramat-Gan, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering system for a wheel of a vehicle comprises a pivot member having multiple pivot-node locations, and connectable at a first pivot-node location to a sub-frame of the wheel, a steering rod actuatable to rotate the wheel about a steering axis and mechanically coupled with the pivot member to be co-pivotable with the pivot member, and a suspension-connector rod having a first end that is connected to ...