US Patent Issued to Steering Solutions IP Holding on Aug. 12 for "Real-time pinch detection and prevention for stow path power column" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,442, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Steering Solutions IP Holding Corp. (Saginaw, Mich.).

"Real-time pinch detection and prevention for stow path power column" was invented by Keyur R. Patel (Rochester, Mich.) and Haiquan Li (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes determining a current slew rate associated with a motor of the steering column, determining a speed slew rate associated with the motor, determining a current and speed slew rate threshold for the motor, and determining whether the current slew rate or the speed slew rate indicates a pinch event based on a comparison of the current slew rat...