US Patent Issued to NSK STEERING & CONTROL on Oct. 20 for "Worm reducer and method for assembling same" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,441, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to NSK STEERING & CONTROL INC. (Tokyo).

"Worm reducer and method for assembling same" was invented by Hiroyuki Sugawara (Gunma, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A worm reducer includes a holder and a pad. The holder or the pad includes a first grease supply portion for supplying grease to a contact portion between an elastic member and a pad base portion in the vicinity of a contact portion between the elastic member and the pad base portion. The holder includes a second grease supply portion for supplying grease to a contact portion between the elastic member and a protruding portion in the v...