ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,161, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Arnold NextG GmbH (Pfronstetten, Germany).
"Steering input device" was invented by Andreas Heitmann (Ruesselsheim, Germany) and Danijel Andrijic (Albstadt, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering input device for electronically controlled elements of machines, vehicles, aircraft or ships, includes a manually operable operating element connected to an input shaft, and a feedback motor having an output shaft, wherein a first angle sensor is provided whose output signal indicates the angular position of the output shaft, and a second angle sensor whose output signal indicates the angular...