ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,004, issued on March 25, was assigned to Zoox Inc. (Foster City, Calif.).
"Independent control of vehicle wheels" was invented by Joseph Funke (Redwood City, Calif.), Johannes Edren (Belmont, Calif.), Ali Javidan (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Jacob Lee Askeland (San Jose, Calif.) and Vasumathi Raman (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An over actuated system capable of controlling wheel parameters, such as speed (e.g., by torque and braking), steering angles, caster angles, camber angles, and toe angles, of wheels in an associated vehicle. The system may determine the associated vehicle is in a rollover state and adjust wheel param...