US Patent Issued to thyssenkrupp Presta, thyssenkrupp on Dec. 30 for "Steering system comprising a shielded magnetic torque sensor device" (Austrian, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,142, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to thyssenkrupp Presta AG (Eschen, Liechtenstein) and thyssenkrupp AG (Essen, Germany).

"Steering system comprising a shielded magnetic torque sensor device" was invented by Benedikt Hoedl (Klaus, Austria) and Simon Dreher (Buchs, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electromechanical steering system comprises a steering shaft, with a magnetic torque sensor device for measuring a torque applied to the steering shaft and with a shielding element. The steering shaft comprises an input shaft which can be rotationally fixedly connected to a steering handle and penetrates through the shielding...