ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,015, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Position sensor" was invented by Maximilian Bossecker (Hugelsheim, Germany), Trenton Dean (Casco, Mich.) and Patrick Lindemann (Wooster, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ball screw drive for a vehicle steering system is provided, with the ball screw drive including a nut configured to receive torque from a power transmission drive. The nut has internal threads, and external threads are provided on the nut or connected thereto for rotation with the nut. A threaded spindle having a spindle thread is provided, with the threaded s...