US Patent Issued to Harbinger Motors on April 7 for "Commercial electric vehicle steering" (California, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,990, issued on April 7, was assigned to Harbinger Motors Inc. (Garden Grove, Calif.).

"Commercial electric vehicle steering" was invented by Alexi Charbonneau (Redondo Beach, Calif.), Soungjin Jason Wou (Novi, Mich.) and Kunal Gupta (Tustin, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is a steering system for an electric commercial electric vehicle. The commercial electric vehicle steering system utilizes a recirculating ball steering system with a fixed height idler that allows for control of a track rod to mimic the geometry of a rack and pinion steering system. The fixed height idler includes a ball joint for distance c...