ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,444, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to NSK STEERING & CONTROL INC. (Tokyo).
"Steering column device" was invented by Hiroto Koitabashi (Maebashi, Japan), Yuta Manaka (Maebashi, Japan), Hiroshi Kakita (Maebashi, Japan), Rei Mitsui (Maebashi, Japan) and Nobuhiro Koujiya (Maebashi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "[Problem] To enable an adjustment lever to be operated to a normal position in a case where the adjustment lever is operated in order to hold a steering wheel at an adjusted position, even when positions in the axial direction of a protruding engagement portion and a recessed engagement portion are shifted, and to prevent...