ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,502, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Control device for four-wheel steering vehicle" was invented by Tetsuya Morino (Susono, Japan) and Kazuya Suzuki (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control device for a four-wheel steering vehicle including a steering wheel, a front wheel steering device, and a rear wheel steering device, and operating the front wheel steering device and the rear wheel steering device, wherein first steering and second steering are continuously performed, and when the rear wheels are steered in the direction opposite to the steering direction of the front whe...