US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Nov. 3 for "Force sensing steering wheel paddles" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,285, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Force sensing steering wheel paddles" was invented by Keith Weston (Canton, Mich.), Brendan F. Diamond (Grosse Pointe, Mich.) and Lars Niklas Pettersson (Novi, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes first and second wheel assemblies, a steering wheel, a driver-actuatable input supported on the steering wheel, and an active stabilizer bar. The stabilizer bar has a first end connected to the first wheel assembly, a second end connected to the second wheel assembly, and a coupler connected between the first and second ends and configu...