US Patent Issued to Steering Solutions IP Holding on March 24 for "Plastic coated steering shaft assembly and laser ablation method of manufacturing" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,500, issued on March 24, was assigned to Steering Solutions IP Holding Corp. (Saginaw, Mich.).

"Plastic coated steering shaft assembly and laser ablation method of manufacturing" was invented by Kyle R. Mazure (Saginaw, Mich.), Harold J. Nelson (Standish, Mich.), Lee J. Stoeckl (Mount Morris, Mich.) and Adam J. Ross (Saginaw, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering shaft assembly for a vehicle steering system includes an inner shaft having an interface portion of an outer surface of the inner shaft, wherein the interface portion is roughened with a laser ablation process. The steering shaft assembly also includes an outer sh...