US Patent Issued to Steering Solutions IP Holding on April 29 for "Steering rack and method of manufacturing the same" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,163, issued on April 29, was assigned to Steering Solutions IP Holding Corp. (Saginaw, Mich.).

"Steering rack and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by William S. Anders (Merrill, Mich.), David E. King (Freeland, Mich.), Kevin H. Marseilles (Frankenmuth, Mich.) and Paul T. Duvendack (Saginaw, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering rack includes an elongate member, a plurality of steering rack teeth, and a ramp function. The elongate member has a first portion disposed opposite a second portion. The plurality of steering rack teeth are cut and formed into the first portion. Each tooth of the plurality of steering r...