US Patent Issued to Steering Solutions IP Holding, Continental Automotive Systems on Aug. 19 for "Surface recognition during differential braking" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,257, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Steering Solutions IP Holding Corp. (Auburn Hills, Mich.) and Continental Automotive Systems Inc. (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Surface recognition during differential braking" was invented by Clinton L. Schumann (Holly, Mich.), Karthik Rengarajan (Rochester Hills, Mich.) and Michael S. Wyciechowski (Grand Blanc, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method, product, and system including the use of or using differential braking to determine a surface type or friction level under a road wheel of a vehicle and communicating the determined surface type or friction level under the road when...