US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on June 2 for "Production steering column positioning fixture" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,621, issued on June 2, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Production steering column positioning fixture" was invented by Steve Popmarkov (Detroit), Alex Zoccatelli (Troy, Mich.), Brian Birrell (Macomb, Mich.), Nathaniel P. Jalbert (Macomb, Mich.) and Mark Stephen Modena (Macomb, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A production steering column fixture includes a production steering column, a steering wheel, and a shroud. A steering component frame receives the production steering column, the steering wheel and the shroud in a predetermined design car position of a vehicle. An instrument panel is positione...