ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,423, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to JTEKT Corp. (Kariya, Japan).
"Turning control device" was invented by Yusuke Kakimoto (Okazaki, Japan), Takashi Kodera (Okazaki, Japan) and Shinya Aono (Okazaki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A processor included in a turning control device is configured to execute a manipulation process of manipulating a drive circuit of an assist motor depending on a torque that depends on at least one of the two values, the value of an assist torque variable and the value of a control torque variable. The processor is configured to execute a variation torque control process of varying a torque as an i...