US Patent Issued to Steering Solutions IP Holding on Aug. 26 for "Steering column mount bracket release feature" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,847, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Steering Solutions IP Holding Corp. (Saginaw, Mich.).

"Steering column mount bracket release feature" was invented by Todd A. Barshaw (Bay City, Mich.), Michael P. Anspaugh (Bay City, Mich.) and Randy W. Jones (North Branch, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering column assembly has a mount bracket configured for attachment to a fixed vehicle support member in a releasably fixed position and for release from the fixed vehicle support member to a released position during a steering column energy absorbing event. A steering jacket is operably supported by the mount bracket. The steering ...