US Patent Issued to ZF Automotive UK on March 18 for "Vehicle steering system and a method of controlling a vehicle steering system" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,188, issued on March 18, was assigned to ZF Automotive UK Ltd. (West Midlands, Great Britain).

"Vehicle steering system and a method of controlling a vehicle steering system" was invented by Aleksejs Semjonovs (Birmingham, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steer-by-wire steering system for a vehicle comprises: a rotatable steering shaft; a driver-operated steering input member connected to the steering shaft; and first and second torque feedback motors having output shafts connected to the steering shaft and each being operable to apply either a feedback torque or an offset torque to the steering shaft. The system furth...