ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,170, issued on March 18, was assigned to Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Steering column apparatus" was invented by Duck Moo Jung (Yongin-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Proposed is a steering column apparatus including a housing having a hollow shape, an input shaft rotatably mounted in the housing, and a lower bushing interposed between the housing and the input shaft, the lower bushing being elastically deformable when coming into contact with the housing."
The patent was filed on March 25, 2024, under Application No. 18/615,532.
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