US Patent Issued to International Truck Intellectual Property on July 14 for "System and method for predictive maintenance based on steering angle data in vehicles" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,682,689, issued on July 14, was assigned to International Truck Intellectual Property Co. LLC (Lisle, Ill.).

"System and method for predictive maintenance based on steering angle data in vehicles" was invented by David Philip Horner (Aurora, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method and system for predictive maintenance are provided. In some aspects, a method includes receiving sensor data acquired using at least one sensor disposed on a vehicle, the sensor data comprising steering angle data, and using the steering angle data, determining a predictive maintenance indicator (PMI) for at least one component on the vehicle. The method als...