ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,401, issued on April 14, was assigned to HL MANDO Corp. (Pyeongtaek-si, South Korea).
"Steering shaft connecting structure of electric power steering" was invented by Jinnam Kim (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A structure of an electric power steering device in which its steering shafts are connected includes a torsion bar connected to a steering wheel; an input shaft surrounding the torsion bar on an input side of the torsion bar; and an output shaft surrounding one end of the input shaft and the torsion bar on an output side of the torsion bar, wherein the one end of the input shaft is inserted into and coupled ...