US Patent Issued to Atieva on Aug. 12 for "Energy absorbing device and steering column assembly having same" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,445, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Atieva Inc. (Newark, Calif.).

"Energy absorbing device and steering column assembly having same" was invented by Meng Ng (Fremont, Calif.), Hayden Hall (San Jose, Calif.), Zachary Mark Walker (Mountain View, Calif.), John Scheick (San Mateo, Calif.) and Moises Blancas-Galicia (Newark, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy absorbing device for a steering column assembly of a vehicle is provided. The energy absorbing device includes tear initiation grooves having offset tear initiation points, such that tearing is initiated in the grooves at different points in time, thus balancing load...