US Patent Issued to GM Global Technology Operations on June 16 for "System and method for dynamically augmenting a steering ratio" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,771, issued on June 16, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"System and method for dynamically augmenting a steering ratio" was invented by Travis S. Larson (Washington, Mich.) and Michael C. Gaunt (Metamora, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steer-by-wire system includes a hand wheel actuator coupled to a steering column, a steering angle sensor coupled to the steering column and configured to measure movement of the steering column, a road wheel actuator configured to engage a steering rack, and a controller in electrical communication with the hand wheel actuator, the steering angle sensor, and the ...