ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,513, issued on June 9, was assigned to HL MANDO Corp. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Vehicle steering apparatus" was invented by Kyung Min Ko (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Sang Hee Ahn (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Jung Sik Park (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to embodiments of the present invention, engine power consumption can be prevented, the number of components can be reduced, vehicle control functions such as automatic parking, lane keeping, driving assistance according to road surface conditions, steering vibration reduction, and autonomous driving control can be used and thus a driver's conveni...