ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,925, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to HL MANDO Corp. (Pyeongtaek-si, South Korea).

"Steering device of vehicle" was invented by Sangmook Park (Bucheon-si, South Korea) and Hanbin Cho (Seoul-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering device of a vehicle includes an upper tube, a first gear fixed to the upper tube, a lower tube receiving the upper tube, a second gear axially supported on the lower tube, and a locking part moving the second gear up or down to engage the second gear with the first gear or disengage the second gear from the first gear. It is possible to provide an advantage in terms of a high load thanks to...