ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,802, issued on March 31, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Collaborative steering system for a vehicle" was invented by Kin Man Michael Wong (Thornhill, Canada), Ben MacCallum (Toronto), Puneet Bagga (Etobicoke, Canada), Parisa Mahvelatishamsabadi (North York, Canada) and Reza Zarringhalam (Whitby, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering system for a vehicle that includes a driver-controllable steering device; a power steering actuator coupled to a steerable vehicle wheel; an advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) including a spatial monitoring system; and a steering controller. A steering co...