ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,032, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Steering Solutions IP Holding Corp. (Saginaw, Mich.).
"Steer-by-wire road wheel actuator dither to improve rack force estimation" was invented by Jeffrey R. Meyer (Munger, Mich.) and Michael A. Eickholt (Chesaning, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling a motor of a road wheel actuator (RWA) in a steer-by-wire (SbW) steering system of a vehicle includes providing a motor torque command signal to the motor, providing a dithering signal to the motor such that the dithering signal is applied to the motor torque command signal, the dithering signal being configured to allow roa...