ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,153, issued on June 30, was assigned to INVENTUS Engineering GmbH (St. Anton i.M., Austria).

"Steering device with a magnetorheological braking device and method for operating a steering device" was invented by Stefan Battlogg (St. Anton i.M., Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle Steering device with a movable steering unit that is braked by a braking device. The braking device has a stationary holder and two brake components. One brake component is rotated by the steering unit. One brake component is rotatably fixed to the holder. The brake component are continuously rotatable relative to one another about a rotational a...