US Patent Issued to Volkswagen on Aug. 5 for "Safety system for vehicle lateral control for a steer-by-wire steering system of a motor vehicle, safety method and motor vehicle" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,843, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Volkswagen AG (Wolfsburg, Germany).

"Safety system for vehicle lateral control for a steer-by-wire steering system of a motor vehicle, safety method and motor vehicle" was invented by Leon Salzwedel (Braunschweig, Germany), Arne Bartels (Wolfsburg, Germany) and Frank Barecke (Wolfsburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A safety system for vehicle lateral control for a Steer-by-Wire steering system of a motor vehicle with a main operating level for transmitting a steering wheel angle to at least one wheel of the motor vehicle, and with a Safety level for transmitting a steering wheel angle t...