ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,695, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to thyssenkrupp Presta AG (Eschen, Liechtenstein) and thyssenkrupp AG (Essen, Germany).

"Front and rear steering vehicle with yaw and slip control" was invented by Leonard Lapis (Sennwald, Switzerland), Carlo Mario Miano (Triesenberg, Liechtenstein), Kristof Polmans (Tarrenz, Austria) and Alexander Scheidt (Au, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor vehicle and method for operating the same comprises two front wheels with front wheel steering, two rear wheels with rear wheel steering, and a driving stability device with a controller. The driving stability device, in particular the cont...