ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,388, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany) and Bosch Global Software Technologies Private Ltd. (Bangalore, India).

"Steer by wire system for operating steering wheel and steering column" was invented by Karthik Balakrishnan (Coimbatore, India) and Selvaraj Sharath Kumar (Chennai, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steer by wire system includes at least a steering wheel actuator for operating steering wheel and steering column. The steering wheel actuates the steering wheel actuator by way of a brushless DC motor. The steering wheel actuator adjusts the steering column in a tilt direction by way...