ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,501, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to HYDAC NEW TECHNOLOGIES GMBH (Sulzbach/Saar, Germany).
"Hydraulic power steering system" was invented by Erhard Bergmann (Banzkow, Germany), Markus De La Motte (Muchow, Germany) and Helmut Funk (Karrenzin, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydraulic power steering system includes: a steering actuator; first and second subsystems each including a flow-control valve arrangement including a relief valve; and a fault detection device. The fault detection device is configured to: (i) determine and deactivate a faulty component of the first or second subsystems; and (ii) cause a fault-free comp...