ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,128, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Steering Solutions IP Holding Corp. (Saginaw, Mich.).

"Systems and methods for reverse directional polarity steering" was invented by Scott T. Knaub (Bay City, Mich.) and Nicholas M. Trewhella (Sanford, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for providing reverse directional polarity steering in a vehicle includes, in response to receiving a reverse position polarity steering mode signal indicating selection of a reverse position polarity steering mode: determining a selected gear of a transmission of the vehicle; determining a vehicle speed; and, in response to a determination that the ...