ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,301, issued on July 1, was assigned to Steering Solutions IP Holding Corp. (Saginaw, Mich.).
"Rubber outboard deflector ring" was invented by Adam J. Tebbe (Saginaw, Mich.), Ray A. Baker (Saginaw, Mich.) and Scott T. Phillpotts (Clio, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A constant velocity joint assembly includes a housing body having an outer surface and an inner surface extending between a first housing end and a second housing end along a central axis. The inner surface of the housing body defines a raceway. A plurality of rollers are disposed in the raceway. A flexible boot is operably fixed to the housing body, with the flexible...