ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,213, issued on Dec. 23.

"Vehicle steering system" was invented by Piero Gai (Busalla, Italy) and Marcella Gai (Busalla, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle steering system includes a control steering wheel, a transmission system, and a steering actuator, the control steering wheel being configured to generate steering signals, transmitted to the steering actuator through the transmission system. The control steering wheel is fixedly mounted and comprises a sensor system configured to detect the position of one or both of a user's hands on the grip of the control steering wheel, the generation of steering signals being perf...