ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,084, issued on May 26, was assigned to Magna PT B. V. & Co. KG (Untergruppenbach, Germany).
"Method for determining a road friction value" was invented by Sebastian Crump (Munich) and Soren Wenzel (Schefflenz, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for determining a current road friction value (Muroad) using a control device in a motor vehicle continuously calculates a current friction value demand (Mudem) by the control device. A current tire stiffness (St) is determined from the calculated current friction value demand (Mudem) and a current tire slip (Slip), and the current road friction value (Muroad) is determined from th...