US Patent Issued to KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge on Dec. 9 for "Measurement of driver torque and steering angle in a torque overlay steering system" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,938, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH (Munich).

"Measurement of driver torque and steering angle in a torque overlay steering system" was invented by Jens-Hauke Mueller (Velbert-Neviges, Germany) and Sven Kirschbaum (Mettmann, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for determining a driver torque of a power steering assembly for an electrohydraulic power steering system of motor vehicles, includes an input shaft for introduction of a driver torque, an output shaft for driving a steering linkage and a torsion bar between the input shaft and the output shaft for actuation of a rotar...