ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,873, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Steering column structure" was invented by Kenji Ushida (Nagoya, Japan), Shohei Kinoshita (Nagoya, Japan) and Shizuo Sanjo (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The steering column structure includes a display, a steering wheel, a steering column, a combination lever body, and a display support portion. The combination lever body is displaced in the vehicle up-down direction and the front-rear direction as the steering wheel is displaced in the vehicle up-down direction and the front-rear direction. The display support portion includes a front base po...