US Patent Issued to JTEKT EUROPE on March 31 for "Method for determining a gear for a power steering system as a function of a vehicle speed and a steering wheel angle" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,801, issued on March 31, was assigned to JTEKT EUROPE (Irigny, France).

"Method for determining a gear for a power steering system as a function of a vehicle speed and a steering wheel angle" was invented by Andre Michelis (Chonas l'Amballan, France) and Pierre Larminy (Billy Sous les Cotes, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for determining a gear ratio (VGR) for a power steering system of a vehicle, said power steering system comprising a steering wheel determining a steering wheel angle (Av) and a rack determining a rack position (Xc), said rack position (Xc) varying between a lower limit rack position and an upper li...