US Patent Issued to DENSO on Feb. 3 for "Steering control device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,910, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).

"Steering control device" was invented by Motoaki Kataoka (Kariya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A servo controller calculates a base assist command, which is a basic command value of the assist torque, so that the steering torque follows a target steering torque. An estimated load torque calculation section calculates an estimated load torque. A target steering torque calculation section calculates a target steering torque using a map that defines a relationship between the estimated load torque and the target steering torque. The estimated load torque calcula...