ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,915, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Steering road wheel pinion angle estimation and sensory validation" was invented by Amin Habibnejad Korayem (Markham, Canada), SeyedAlireza Kasaiezadeh Mahabadi (Novi, Mich.), Seyedeh Asal Nahidi (North York, Canada), Ibrahim A. Badiru (Novi, Mich.) and Hojjat Izadi (Richmond Hill, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle system includes a road wheel system having a road wheel actuator and at least one pinion angle sensor, and a control module. The control module is configured to receive a road wheel actuator command a rack force, generate a ...