ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,338, issued on June 3, was assigned to NSK LTD. (Tokyo).
"Steering device" was invented by Yoshifumi Kurokawa (Gunma, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering column has a cylindrical front-side column and a cylindrical rear-side column having a front-end portion that is connected to a rear-end portion of the front-side column. The steering shaft has a front-side shaft rotatably supported inside the front-side column, a rear-side shaft rotatably supported inside the rear-side column and has a rear-end portion to which the steering wheel is attached, and a universal joint connecting the rear-end portion of the front-side shaft a...