ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,299, issued on June 30, was assigned to thyssenkrupp Presta AG (Eschen, Liechtenstein) and thyssenkrupp AG (Essen, Germany).

"Steering device for a motor vehicle" was invented by Marco Marten (Sevelen, Switzerland), Kristof Polmans (Tarrenz, Austria), Imre Szepessy (Mauren, Liechtenstein) and Manuel Rohrmoser (Thueringen, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering device for a motor vehicle, in particular a "steer-by-wire" steering device, comprises a steering wheel, which is able to act on a steering sensor for measuring the rotation angle position of the steering wheel, an electromechanical actuator, which is able to act on ...