US Patent Issued to BRP Megatech Industries on June 30 for "Enhanced steering control system" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,349, issued on June 30, was assigned to BRP Megatech Industries Inc. (Valcourt, Canada).

"Enhanced steering control system" was invented by Francis Gagne (Saint-Roch-de-Mekinac, Canada) and Simon Bedard (St-Elie-de-Caxton, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and devices for enhancing steering control of a recreational vehicle. One or more mechanical dampers are coupled to and resist movement of a steering system of the recreational vehicle, and an electrically actuated device is coupled to the steering system for applying torque to the steering system. A sensor is also positioned adjacent the steering system that ...