ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,907, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to NSK STEERING & CONTROL INC. (Tokyo).

"Steering device" was invented by Kodai Seki (Gunma, Japan) and Yasuyuki Matsuda (Gunma, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering device includes a first steering column arranged outside a steering shaft, and a second steering column arranged outside the first steering column and movable relative to the first steering column in a first direction. The first steering column includes a pin extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction. The second steering column includes a projection arranged on one side in the first direction of the p...