ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,328, issued on July 1, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).

"Electric power steering system" was invented by Takanori Tatebe (Tokyo), Naoto Yabuki (Tokyo), Kazuki Furukawa (Tokyo) and Takahiro Inami (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric power steering system includes an electric actuator, a current indication value generation unit, an actuator control unit, and a noise signal generation unit. The electric actuator is configured to apply assist force to a steering device. The steering device is configured to turn a steering wheel of a vehicle. The current indication value generation unit is configured to generate a current...