ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,034, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to HL MANDO Corp. (Pyeongtaek, South Korea).
"Steering control device and method" was invented by Jong Chun Won (Suwon, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering control device comprises a receiver receiving a motor torque from a motor torque sensor provided in a host vehicle and a controller enabling a steering gear to be driven in a compliance zone, calculating a friction of the steering gear based on the motor torque received by the driving of the steering gear, determining a state of the steering gear based on the calculated friction, and outputting, to a driver, a notification mes...