US Patent Issued to NSK STEERING & CONTROL on Nov. 3 for "Worm reduction gear and assembling method thereof" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,850, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to NSK STEERING & CONTROL INC. (Tokyo).

"Worm reduction gear and assembling method thereof" was invented by Hiroyuki Sugawara (Gunma, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pad (20) includes a pad base portion (55) disposed between two guide portions (49) of a holder (19), two pad engagement portions (53) provided on side surfaces on both sides of the pad base portion (55) in a third direction and in contact with two holder engagement portions (41), a pad recessed portion (76) provided on a side surface on the other side of the pad base portion (55) in a second direction over a first direction, and ...