ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,012, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to THYSSENKRUPP PRESTA AH (Eschen, Liechtenstein) and Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Steer-by-wire steering system of a road vehicle with external steering wheel angle sensor" was invented by Miklos Aranyi (Rebstein, Switzerland), Peter Kakas (Budapest, Hungary), Takashi Kuribayashi (Wako, Japan), Yosuke Ojima (Wako, Japan) and Imre Szepessy (Mauren, Liechtenstein).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steer-by-wire steering system for a road vehicle includes a road wheel actuator to act on steerable wheels and electronically controlled as a function of a driver's steering request, a feedback actuator t...