ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,078, issued on March 25, was assigned to Thyssenkrupp Presta AG (Eschen, Liechtenstein) and Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Steer-by-wire steering system with road wheel actuator power limit handling" was invented by Yoshinobu Watanabe (Wako, Japan), Munetsugu Hanji (Wako, Japan), Hayato Miyakawa (Wako, Japan), Levente Pasztor (Budapest, Hungary), Peter Kakas (Budapest, Hungary) and Krisztian Domotor (Zalaegerszeg, Hungary).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method to control a steer-by-wire steering system for a road vehicle including a steering device, a road wheel actuator to actuate road wheels, and a controller configured or progra...