ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,453, issued on May 5, was assigned to HL MANDO Corp. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).
"Steer by wire type steering apparatus" was invented by Seong Moo Heo (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steer by wire type steering apparatus according to the present embodiments comprises a rotating shaft that rotates in conjunction with a steering shaft, a housing provided with a ball seating portion at one end and a ball is coupled and supported between the ball seating portion and an inner circumferential surface of the rotating shaft, a support member disposed inside the housing and provided with a protruding support portion f...