US Patent Issued to ZF CV SYSTEMS GLOBAL on April 7 for "Electric power steering gear with an anti-rotate feature" (Indiana, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,983, issued on April 7, was assigned to ZF CV SYSTEMS GLOBAL GMBH (Bern, Switzerland).

"Electric power steering gear with an anti-rotate feature" was invented by Kevin Boyle (Hermitage, Tenn.), Caleb Crum (Rossville, Ind.), Benjamin Schoon (Lafayette, Ind.) and Zach Robert Volmering (Noblesville, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric powered steering assembly includes a housing with a cylindrical portion, an interior wall of the cylindrical portion defining a first and second grooves extending in an axial direction, the first and second grooves having inwardly tapered walls. A ball screw is disposed in the housing, extendin...