ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,424, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to ZF Automotive UK Ltd. (Solihull, Great Britain).
"Controlling steer-by-wire steering apparatus" was invented by Mansoor Shah (Derby, Great Britain) and Jon Chalmers (Warwick, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microprocessor system for a vehicle steer-by-wire steering apparatus, comprising: a hand wheel actuator controller, comprising first and second microprocessors, and arranged to provide control signals for a hand wheel actuator of the steering apparatus; a front axle actuator controller, comprising first and second microprocessors, and arranged to provide control signals for a ...