US Patent Issued to Steering Solutions IP Holding on Aug. 12 for "Three segment intermediated shaft" (Chinese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,446, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Steering Solutions IP Holding Corp. (Saginaw, Mich.).

"Three segment intermediated shaft" was invented by Hui Ma (Jiangsu, China), Polen Li (Jiangsu, China), Brandon L. Finney (Midland, Mich.), Ace Jiang (Jiangsu, China) and Carl R. Castanier (Saginaw, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An I-shaft assembly includes an upper shaft extending along an axis between a first upper end and a first lower end bounding a first hollow bore. An intermediate shaft extends along the axis between a second upper end and a second lower end bounding a second hollow bore. The second upper end is disposed in the...