US Patent Issued to Schaeffler Technologies on Sept. 8 for "Steering mechanism for steer by wire vehicle" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,909, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Steering mechanism for steer by wire vehicle" was invented by Renato de Paula (Sterling Heights, Mich.) and Renato de Oliveira Ghiraldi (Royal Oak, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle steering system is provided that includes a bar with threads and an anti-rotation section. An actuator having a ball nut configured to engage the threads of the bar such that the rotation of the ball nut moves the bar longitudinally along a bar axis to move one or more wheels of a vehicle. A sleeve is disposed on the anti-rotation section o...