ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,512, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Steering Solutions IP Holding Corp. (Auburn Hills, Mich.) and Continental Automotive Systems Inc. (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Vehicle lateral compensation for path deviation due to environmental forces" was invented by Jason Schwegler (Grand Blanc, Mich.), Michael Cottrell (White Lake, Mich.) and Nicholas Mawhinney (Fenton, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A number of variations are disclosed including a system and method including modifying motion controller actuator commands in real-time based on calculated offset induced when a vehicle exceeds acceleration and rotational limits of a vehicl...