US Patent Issued to SUBARU on Sept. 1 for "Steering apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,685, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).

"Steering apparatus" was invented by Takumu Saito (Tokyo), Hirotaka Masuda (Tokyo), Tomoya Kawamura (Tokyo) and Yuki Arikawa (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering apparatus includes a steering shaft to an end portion of which a steering wheel is fixed; a steering column supporting the steering shaft while allowing the steering shaft to rotate; and a support bracket fixed to a vehicle body frame and supporting a portion of the steering column that is located close to the steering wheel. The support bracket includes a pair of clamp plates disposed opposite each ot...