US Patent Issued on May 6 for "Internal device having an excentric bearing for a steering column" (French, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,302, issued on May 6.

"Internal device having an excentric bearing for a steering column" was invented by Jacque Lagarrigue (Allauch, France) and Thierry Navarro (Gland, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an vehicle steering column internal device intended to facilitate driving in curves by modifying the alignment of the front and rear wheels of the vehicle, by a transverse/lateral shift, using an eccentric rolling bearing, holding a part of the steering column shaft."

The patent was filed on June 15, 2021, under Application No. 18/008,201.

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