US Patent Issued to Steering Solutions IP Holding on Jan. 27 for "Vehicle steering system diagnostics tool" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,125, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Steering Solutions IP Holding Corp. (Saginaw, Mich.).

"Vehicle steering system diagnostics tool" was invented by Andrew J. Frank (Rochester Hills, Mich.), Peter D. Schmitt (Farmington Hills, Mich.) and SayedMohammad Hosseini (Royal Oak, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for performing diagnostics on a steering system of a vehicle includes controlling an electronic power steering (EPS) gear of the steering system to apply force to the steering system in accordance with a predetermined torque profile, receiving signals corresponding to a measured response of the steering system caused...