US Patent Issued to ZF FRIDRICHSHAFEN on June 30 for "Steering system for use in turning steerable vehicle wheels" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,298, issued on June 30, was assigned to ZF FRIDRICHSHAFEN AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany).

"Steering system for use in turning steerable vehicle wheels" was invented by Ryan Noerenberg (Krefeld, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering system for use in turning steerable vehicle wheels includes a one-piece output unit connected to a steering wheel such that rotation of the steering wheel urges the output unit to rotate about an axis. The output unit has an output shaft coupled to the steerable vehicle wheels such that rotation of the output unit affects steering of the steerable vehicle wheels. The output unit supports a plane...