US Patent Issued to SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES, WILLI ELBE GELENKWELLEN on June 23 for "Steering unit for a steer-by-wire steering system of a motor vehicle" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,183, issued on June 23, was assigned to SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany) and WILLI ELBE GELENKWELLEN GMBH & Co. KG (Tamm, Germany).

"Steering unit for a steer-by-wire steering system of a motor vehicle" was invented by Fabian Ruh (Erlangen, Germany), Ralf Sedlmeier (Pleidelsheim, Germany), Jorg Hauhoff (Altdorf, Germany), Thomas Herrlich (Ottobrunn, Germany) and Thomas Gerlach (Weinsberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a steering unit for a steer-by-wire steering system of a motor vehicle, having a steering shaft which can be rotated by a driver, and a spindle drive which...