ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,301, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to HL MANDO Corp. (Pyeongtaek-si, South Korea).
"Rack bar support device of vehicle steering device" was invented by Jeonghwa Han (Pyeongtaek-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rack bar support device of a vehicle steering device is provided to render the left/right supporting forces for the support yoke to support the rack bar when the rack bar slides left and right, prevent noise due to impact, reversely coming from the road surface or a gap increased by the wear of the support yoke, and provide a comfortable sense of steering to the driver during steering."
The patent was filed o...