ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,160, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to TUSIMPLE INC. (San Diego).

"System and method for steering damping" was invented by Todd B. Skinner (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein is a system and method for damping the steering of a vehicle. Methods of an example include: steering a pair of steerable wheels of the vehicle with a steering mechanism about an axis substantially perpendicular to an axis of rotation of a respective one of the pair of steerable wheels; damping the steering mechanism at a first damping rate in response to a steering change rate of the pair of steerable wheels being below a predetermined ra...