ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,689, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Arnold NextG GmbH (Pfronstetten, Germany).
"Steer-by-wire system or similar system" was invented by Danijel Andrijic (Albstadt, Germany) and Andreas Heitmann (Ruesselsheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steer-by-wire system or similar system includes a first steering input device having a mechanical steering element that is connected to a shaft of a first actuator and has a first position measuring device measuring the position of the element; a second steering input device; a driving actuator for an element to be controlled by the system having a second position measuring device mea...