US Patent Issued to ZF ACTIVE SAFETY AND ELECTRONICS US on July 14 for "Two-piece bushing for a commercial vehicle" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,440, issued on July 14, was assigned to ZF ACTIVE SAFETY AND ELECTRONICS US LLC (Livonia, Mich.).

"Two-piece bushing for a commercial vehicle" was invented by Tamara Itani (West Lafayette, Ind.) and Alex Schieler (Otterbein, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering assembly for a vehicle, includes a housing mounted to a firewall. The housing defines a first through hole. A top cap defines a second through hole mounted on the housing. The top cap and housing define a chamber. A portion of the steering shaft within the through holes includes an upper groove and an axially spaced lower groove each circumferentially surrounding the...