US Patent Issued to Steering Solutions IP Holding on March 17 for "Clamping assembly for steering column" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,902, issued on March 17, was assigned to Steering Solutions IP Holding Corp. (Saginaw, Mich.).

"Clamping assembly for steering column" was invented by Caleb Palmer (Freeland, Mich.) and Travis Palmer (Frankenmuth, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manually adjustable steering column assembly includes a clamping assembly moveable between an unlocked position and a locked position. The steering column assembly also includes a lower jacket. The steering column assembly further includes an upper jacket. The upper jacket comprises a first side and a second side, wherein the second side is segmented to include a first clamping segmen...