ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,320, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya-city, Japan), TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan) and JTEKT Corp. (Kariya, Japan).

"Steering device" was invented by Motoki Tachiiri (Nisshin-city, Japan), Yuta Suzuki (Kariya-city, Japan), Takashi Suzuki (Kariya-city, Japan), Toru Takashima (Susono-shi, Japan) and Takashi Kodera (Kariya-city, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering device turns a tire of a vehicle of a steer-by-wire system in which a steering mechanism and a turning mechanism are mechanically separated from each other and is provided with a turning device including a turning actuator and a turning a...