ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,324, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Method for operating a steering system" was invented by Michael Friedel (Ruppertshofen, Germany) and Martin Zimmermann (Schwaebisch Gmuend, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating a steering system of a vehicle is proposed, wherein the steering system comprises a steering mechanism and at least one electric motor cooperating with the steering mechanism, wherein a moisture parameter correlating with the moisture in the steering system is determined, wherein, in order to determine the moisture parameter, the steering mechanism is brou...