US Patent Issued to ZF CV SYSTEMS GLOBAL on Nov. 3 for "Electric power steering gear assembly with a ball screw support shaft" (Indiana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,294, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to ZF CV SYSTEMS GLOBAL GMBH (Bern, Switzerland).

"Electric power steering gear assembly with a ball screw support shaft" was invented by Ryan Noerenberg (West Lafayette, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric powered steering assembly for a commercial vehicle includes a housing, a hollow ball screw, a ball nut, and an inner shaft. The housing includes a substantially cylindrical portion extending in an axial direction. The hollow ball screw is disposed in the housing, and defines a cavity extending in the axial direction. The ball nut is disposed in the housing circumferentially surroundin...