ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,367, issued on June 3, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Method for monitoring a steering device" was invented by Axel Hauber (Schorndorf, Germany) and Mark Philipp Riek (Abtsgmuend, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for monitoring a steering device including a steering gear, a first steering actuator, a second steering actuator, a first traction mechanism drive with a first traction mechanism configured to connect the first steering actuator to the steering gear, and a second traction mechanism drive with at least one second traction mechanism configured to connect the second steering actuator to ...