US Patent Issued to Steering Solutions IP Holding on Aug. 4 for "Steering shaft assembly" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,806, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Steering Solutions IP Holding Corp. (Saginaw, Mich.).

"Steering shaft assembly" was invented by Matthew L. Messing (Saginaw, Mich.), Douglas M. Schneider (Frankenmuth, Mich.), Steven R. Burk (Frankenmuth, Mich.), Robert J. Smith (Midland, Mich.) and Phillip D. Beckman Jr. (Saginaw, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering shaft assembly includes a shaft having an end region to be coupled to another component with a mechanical fastener, the shaft comprising a protrusion extending radially outwardly from the shaft within the end region of the shaft. The steering shaft assembly also includes ...