US Patent Issued to ZF ACTIVE SAFETY US, ZF ACTIVE SAFETY AND ELECTRONICS US on Sept. 8 for "Steering system" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,911, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to ZF ACTIVE SAFETY US INC. (Livonia, Mich.) and ZF ACTIVE SAFETY AND ELECTRONICS US LLC (Livonia, Mich.).

"Steering system" was invented by Benjamin Schoon (Livonia, Mich.), Kevin Boyle (Livonia, Mich.), Zach Volmering (Livonia, Mich.) and Caleb Crum (Livonia, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering system is provided. The steering system includes a housing and a ball shaft translatable relative to the housing. A ball nut is rotatably mounted within the housing. Rotation of the ball nut responsively causes the ball shaft to translate relative to the ball nut and the housing. The ball shaf...