US Patent Issued to KNORR-BREMSE COMMERCIAL VEHICLE SYSTEMS JAPAN on Sept. 1 for "Steering device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,690, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to KNORR-BREMSE COMMERCIAL VEHICLE SYSTEMS JAPAN LTD (Sakado, Japan).

"Steering device" was invented by Hiroki Saito (Hiki-gun, Japan) and Shinji Nakamura (Maebashi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering device includes: a steering shaft; a transmitting mechanism configured to transmit the rotation of the steering shaft to a steered wheel; a power cylinder; a rotary valve configured to selectively supply a hydraulic fluid to the pair of the fluid chambers in accordance with the rotation of the steering shaft; and an electric motor configured to provide a rotation force through a speed re...