US Patent Issued to JTEKT EUROPE on June 24 for "Method for determining a setpoint torque for a steering wheel as a function of a gain dependent on a steering wheel torque" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,909, issued on June 24, was assigned to JTEKT EUROPE (Irigny, France).

"Method for determining a setpoint torque for a steering wheel as a function of a gain dependent on a steering wheel torque" was invented by Andre Michelis (Chonas l'Amballan, France), Pascal Moulaire (La Tour de Salvagny, France), Christophe Ravier (Saint Pierre de Chandieu, France) and Pierre Larminy (Oullins, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for determining a setpoint torque for a steering wheel of an electric power steering system of a vehicle, the setpoint torque helping determine an engine torque applied directly or indirectly to the steering w...