US Patent Issued to ZF AUTOMOTIVE UK on Sept. 8 for "Steering column assembly for a vehicle" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,906, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to ZF AUTOMOTIVE UK Ltd. (Solihull, Great Britain).

"Steering column assembly for a vehicle" was invented by Russell Wilson-Jones (Stratford upon Avon, Great Britain), Samuel Morris (Redditch, Great Britain), Timothy Buttery (Halesowen, Great Britain), Philip Owen Browne (Bromsgrove, Great Britain) and Pablo Rojo (Stratford upon Avon, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering column assembly for a vehicle, comprises: an elongate steering column mounted for rotation about its longitudinal axis and configured for attachment to a steering wheel at one end; a first gear connected to the ...