US Patent Issued to ZF Automotive Germany, ZF Automotive UK, ZF Automotive Italia on Sept. 22 for "Device for pressing a rack against a pinion, steering device having such a device, and method for producing such a device and/or steering device" (German, Italian, British, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,489, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to ZF Automotive Germany GmbH (Alfdorf, Germany), ZF Automotive UK Ltd. (Solihull, Great Britain) and ZF Automotive Italia S.r.l. (Turin, Italy).

"Device for pressing a rack against a pinion, steering device having such a device, and method for producing such a device and/or steering device" was invented by Heinz-Dieter Heitzer (Heinsberg, Germany), Frank Jaehde (Cologne, Germany), Matthias Kaussen (Bochum, Germany), Eduard Span (Cologne, Germany), Dominik Streeck (Solingen, Germany), Christian Wutzler (Kaarst, Germany), Roger Hooke (Birmingham, Great Britain), Angelo Piantoni (Brescia, Italy), Luca Tabaglio (Concesio, Italy), Pradeepkumar Th...