US Patent Issued to ZF Automotive Germany on Feb. 17 for "Steering device for steering a vehicle, and method for detecting an ingress of water using such a steering device" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,443, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to ZF Automotive Germany GmbH (Alfdorf, Germany).

"Steering device for steering a vehicle, and method for detecting an ingress of water using such a steering device" was invented by Eduard Span (Cologne, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a steering device for steering a vehicle, having a housing and having a rack. The rack is movable in the longitudinal direction of the rack and in relation to the housing. The rack has a detection installation for detecting an ingress of water. In order to be able to detect an ingress of water at an early stage, in a reliable manner ...