US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on May 27 for "Methods and apparatus for retaining a steering shaft" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,997, issued on May 27, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Methods and apparatus for retaining a steering shaft" was invented by Robin Ivo Lawther (Chelmsford, Great Britain), Christopher Hawkins (Hornchurch, Great Britain), Humberto Mata (Dearborn, Mich.), Erik William Soderlind (Harrison Township, Mich.), Eric Schaus (Morgantown, Pa.) and Todd Putnam (South Lyon, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, apparatus, articles of manufacture, and methods are disclosed for retaining a steering shaft are disclosed herein. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a seal, a steering shaft extending t...