ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,727, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to MCI (Mirror Controls International) Netherlands B.V. (Woerden, Netherlands).

"Method for controlling a position of an actuatable object of a vehicle" was invented by Jinku Hu (Delft, Netherlands) and Hendrik Jan Meijdam (Utrecht, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "As first aspect provides, in an electronic control circuit, a method of controlling an electromotor of an actuator for controlling a position of an actuatable object of a vehicle. The method comprises receiving an instruction to hold position of the actuatable object, obtaining an initial hold voltage pattern for the electro...