US Patent Issued to Steering Solutions IP Holding on Aug. 5 for "Constant velocity joint with staking features" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,000, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Steering Solutions IP Holding Corp. (Saginaw, Mich.).

"Constant velocity joint with staking features" was invented by Jeffrey P. Courville (Frankenmuth, Mich.), Eduardo R. Mondragon-Parra (Freeland, Mich.) and Jon N. Miller (Merrill, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A constant velocity joint includes an inner race having a main body defining a central opening. The constant velocity joint also includes a shaft member extending through the central opening, wherein the shaft member is staked to the inner race to axially retain the shaft member to the inner race."

The patent was filed on May 3, ...