ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,851, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Method for steering a vehicle, actuator for rear axle steering system of a vehicle and rear axle steering system having such an actuator" was invented by Christian Doerner (Sugenheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a method for steering a vehicle via a rear axle steering system that includes an actuator having a steering linkage at least indirectly operable by a threaded drive and longitudinally displaceable within a chassis-fixed housing. The actuator includes a rotor position sensor for detecting...