US Patent Issued to NSK STEERING & CONTROL on May 20 for "Rotation limiting device, and steering device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,574, issued on May 20, was assigned to NSK STEERING & CONTROL INC. (Tokyo).

"Rotation limiting device, and steering device" was invented by Kazuyuki Hatanaka (Gunma, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotation limiting device includes: a first member having a first protrusion; a second member having a second protrusion disposed on an axial one side with respect to the first protrusion, the second member being disposed around the first member and configured to rotate relative to the first member; at least one intermediate member, disposed between the first member and the second member in a radial direction and supported in a relat...