ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,285, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOBIS Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Steering apparatus for vehicle and control method therefor" was invented by Hae Kwon Park (Yongin-si, South Korea), Byeung Su Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Jae Hong Jeon (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling a vehicle including a steering-by-wire (SBW) system includes determining whether an abnormality has occurred in the SBW system; in response to determining an abnormality has occurred at the SBW system, operating a rear wheel steering system; applying a braking force to a first front wheel and a second fro...