ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,182, issued on June 23, was assigned to Robert Bosch Automotive Steering Vendome (Vendome, France) and Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Steering column equipped with a device for detecting the forces applied to the steering wheel" was invented by Omar Brahmi (Vendome, France), Laurent Fevre (Saint Sulpice, France), Eddy Dupont (Cloyes sur le Loir, France) and Franck Boussemart (Sainte-Anne, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering column includes a support base intended to be mounted fixedly with respect to a vehicle chassis. The steering column further includes a steering member on which a vehicle steering wheel is m...