US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Feb. 24 for "Methods and apparatus to center a steering wheel and move road wheels to a straightly forward position" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,164, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Methods and apparatus to center a steering wheel and move road wheels to a straightly forward position" was invented by Daniel James Nichols (Northville, Mich.), William James Bouse (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Justin Sekula (Berkley, Mich.), Alex Parker (Novi, Mich.), Zhongzhou Yang (Novi, Mich.), Timothy Panagis (Ypsilanti, Mich.), Zheng Tan (Livonia, Mich.) and Bo Lin (Ypsilanti, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus are disclosed herein to center a steering wheel. An example vehicle includes a steering assistance system, an axle i...