US Patent Issued to Steering Solutions IP Holding on April 29 for "Grooved intermediate shaft for energy absorption in steering system" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,149, issued on April 29, was assigned to Steering Solutions IP Holding Corp. (Saginaw, Mich.).

"Grooved intermediate shaft for energy absorption in steering system" was invented by Kyle R. Mazure (Saginaw, Mich.), Benjamin J. Kolhagen (Frankenmuth, Mich.), Jeffrey J. Toth (Auburn, Mich.) and Leslie E. Edmundson (Clio, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intermediate shaft for a steering system includes a main body having a radially outer surface. The intermediate shaft also includes a grooved portion located along the main body and defining at least one groove to allow deformation of the main body when a predetermined force on the...