ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,838, issued on April 22, was assigned to thyssenkrupp Presta AG (Eschen, Liechtenstein) and thyssenkrupp AG (Essen, Germany).
"Motor vehicle power steering system" was invented by Kristof Polmans (Tarrenz, Austria) and Imre Szepessy (Mauren, Liechtenstein).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor vehicle power steering system may include a steering handle having at least one handle sensor for detecting a handle position of the steering handle, an electronically controlled steering actuator having an electric motor for providing an actuating torque based on the detected handle position, a mechanical power transmission for transmitting the...