US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on Nov. 3 for "Steering wheel oscillation prevention during vehicle shutdown" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,287, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Steering wheel oscillation prevention during vehicle shutdown" was invented by Raed Nasim Abuaita (Fenton, Mich.) and Jason W. Gaydos (Waterford, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic power steering system is disclosed and includes: a steering wheel configured to steer a host vehicle; a steering column connected to the steering wheel; a rack; an electronic column lock configured to lock the steering column to the rack; and a control module configured, during a shutdown event of the host vehicle, to determine whether the electronic colum...