ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,932, issued on July 28, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Steering device and method for operating the steering device" was invented by Sebastian Pelludat (Schorndorf, Germany), Claus-Dieter Mueller (Waldstetten, Germany), Dominik Erdmann (Stuttgart, Germany), Edgar Rot (Moeglingen, Germany), Hannes Jochim (Kirchberg And der Murr, Germany), Hemanth Kumar Govindarajulu (Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany), Marcel Niess (Steinheim, Germany), Marian Eirich (Remseck, Germany) and Marianna Salaris (Pleidelsheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering device includes a steering rack, an electric motor for setti...