ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,130, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to thyssenkrupp Presta AG (Eschen, Liechtenstein) and thyssenkrupp AG (Essen, Germany).

"Steering actuator for a steering system and steering system for a motor vehicle" was invented by Luca Malacci (Gams, Switzerland) and Wolfram Raither (Sevelen, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering actuator for a steering system for a motor vehicle may include an actuator rod that can be displaced in translation in a longitudinal direction thereof and a position sensor apparatus that is constructed to detect a linear position of the actuator rod. In order to enable less complex production and a...