ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,464, issued on June 10, was assigned to Hangzhou Kingway Technology Co. Ltd. (Zhejiang, China).
"Adjustable steering column for a vehicle" was invented by Franco Cimatti (Modena, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a steering column for a vehicle, with: -an inner steering column element that is received in an outer steering column element, the inner and outer steering column element being displaceable relative to one another along a displacement axis; -at least one preload force generating element that is configured to generate a preload force to set a defined resistance against the relative displac...