US Patent Issued to thyssenkrupp Presta, thyssenkrupp on Aug. 26 for "Steer-by-wire steering system having a feedback actuator outside the steering column" (Austrian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,848, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to thyssenkrupp Presta AG (Eschen, Liechtenstein) and thyssenkrupp AG (Essen, Germany).

"Steer-by-wire steering system having a feedback actuator outside the steering column" was invented by Riccardo Ficca (Goefis, Austria) and Kristof Polmans (Tarrenz, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steer-by-wire steering system for a motor vehicle may include a steering column having a support unit and a steering shaft rotatably mounted in the steering column, a steering handle disposed in a rotationally fixed manner on the steering shaft, and a feedback actuator that is configured to apply a torque to...