ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,186, issued on June 23, was assigned to NSK STEERING & CONTROL INC. (Tokyo).

"Control device of vehicle steering system" was invented by Takahiro Tsubaki (Gunma, Japan), Ryo Minaki (Kanagawa, Japan) and Takaaki Uemoto (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an aspect, a control device of a vehicle steering system includes a turning motor that turns a turning wheel in accordance with a steering angle of a steering wheel and a turning angle controller configured to generate, based on a turning angle target value, a motor current command value of current to be supplied to the turning motor. The turning angle controller includ...