US Patent Issued to ZF Friedrichshafen on Nov. 18 for "Method and control apparatus for operating an actuator of a steer-by-wire steering system of a motor vehicle" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,025, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany).

"Method and control apparatus for operating an actuator of a steer-by-wire steering system of a motor vehicle" was invented by Ingo Dasch (Grafelfing, Germany), Dominik Vogt (Meckenbeuren, Germany), Luc Diebold (Magstadt, Germany), Magnus Rau (Kirchheim unter Teck, Germany) and Bjorn Spangemacher (Aidlingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided for operating an actuator of a steer-by-wire steering system of a motor vehicle in a speed range from standstill to parking and/or maneuvering. In one example, the method includes d...