ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,500, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH (Munich).

"Control device for a vehicle having a steering device, steering device and method for heating a working medium in a preheating phase for a steering device" was invented by Bernhard Miller (Weil der Stadt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control unit is provided for a vehicle with a steering device having a pump device, which has a pump and an electric motor, a transmission, and a valve. The control unit is designed to provide, in a preheating phase for heating the working medium, a motor signal to the electric motor for operating ...