ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,873, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Steering Solutions IP Holding Corp. (Saginaw, Mich.).
"Toothed connection for mating steering system components" was invented by Michael E. Partyka (Saginaw, Mich.), William J. Knight (Bay City, Mich.) and Marcus Braem (Birch Run, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connection assembly includes a male component having a male connection end portion. The connection assembly also includes a female component having a female connection end portion for receiving the male connection end within a bore defined therein, wherein the male component and the female component each have a non-circular cross-s...