ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,061, issued on May 26, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Methods and apparatus for vehicle turning in confined spaces" was invented by Stuart C. Salter (White Lake, Mich.), Kenneth Patrick Mchugh (Canton, Mich.), Terry R. Lobsinger (Farmington Hills, Mich.), Brandon Cameron (Canton, Mich.), William Wurz (San Francisco), Z Deljevic (Plymouth, Mich.), David Brian Glickman (Southfield, Mich.) and Paul Kenneth Dellock (Northville, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture for vehicle turning in confined spaces are disclosed herein. An example apparatus disc...