US Patent Issued to Zoox on Sept. 29 for "Four wheel steering angle constraints" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,943, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Zoox Inc. (Foster City, Calif.).

"Four wheel steering angle constraints" was invented by Zachary Stuart Churukian (San Francisco), David Evan Zlotnik (Menlo Park, Calif.) and Joseph Funke (Redwood City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Four-wheel steering of a vehicle, e.g., in which leading wheels and trailing wheels are steered independently of each other, can provide improved maneuverability and stability. Steering angle constraints may be used to limit or prevent saturation of steering by only one set of wheels as well as to reduce sideslip. The steering angle constraints are vehicle...