ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,025, issued on March 25, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Method for setting an axial preload force of a roller screw drive of an actuator of a steering device of a motor vehicle" was invented by Silvia Kutzberger (Herzogenaurach, Germany), Mario Arnold (Aurachtal, Germany) and Kathrin Gumbrecht (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is disclosed for setting an axial preload force of a roller screw drive rotatably mounted in a housing. The housing is split transversely into a first and a second housing part. The roller screw drive is inserted with two axially s...