ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,770, issued on June 16, was assigned to HITACHI ASTEMO LTD. (Ibaraki, Japan).

"Steering operation control apparatus, steering operation control method, and steering system" was invented by Hiroko Ueda (Hitachinaka, Japan) and Kazuya Terashima (Hitachinaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering operation control apparatus includes a steering control unit configured to control a steering electric motor configured to operate a steering mechanism configured to drive a steering target wheel, and a reaction force control unit coupled with a steering wheel and configured to control a reaction force electric motor configured to pro...