US Patent Issued to Steering Solutions IP Holding on April 7 for "Telescope force offsetting mechanism for a steering column assembly" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,982, issued on April 7, was assigned to Steering Solutions IP Holding Corp. (Saginaw, Mich.).

"Telescope force offsetting mechanism for a steering column assembly" was invented by Kevin J. Haubenstricker (Frankenmuth, Mich.), Brian J. Magnus (Frankenmuth, Mich.), Travis L. Palmer (Frankenmuth, Mich.) and John S. Beam (Freeland, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering column assembly comprising an upper jacket, a lower jacket, a hand wheel actuator disposed between an end of the upper jacket and a steering input device, and an offsetting mechanism. The upper jacket is telescopingly adjustable within the lower jacket between a ...