ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,232, issued on April 21, was assigned to HL MANDO Corp. (Pyeongtaek Si, South Korea).

"Dust cap for steering system" was invented by Seunghyun Bae (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dust cap for a steering system, the dust cap including a main body formed to provide an accommodation hole through which a shaft of the steering system passes, a bottom part disposed at an upper portion of the main body to support a dust packing to be in close contact with a vehicle part, and a vent member inserted into an opening at the bottom part, wherein the vent member is shaped to define a vent hole providing communication b...