US Patent Issued to ZF CV SYSTEMS GLOBAL on Sept. 8 for "Torsion bar" (Indiana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,908, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to ZF CV SYSTEMS GLOBAL GMBH (Bern, Switzerland).

"Torsion bar" was invented by Praful Bari (West Lafayette, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering column of a commercial vehicle having a natural frequency of vibration is provided. The steering column includes an input shaft disposed within the steering column. The input shaft is coupled to a steering wheel at a first end. An output shaft is disposed within the steering column. A second end of the output shaft is coupled to a steering gear and a first end of the output shaft is connected to a second end of the input shaft. A torsion bar is...