ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,249, issued on July 8, was assigned to Steering Solutions IP Holding Corp. (Saginaw, Mich.).
"Steer-by-wire rotational travel stop" was invented by Donald A. Buzzard (Saginaw, Mich.) and Michael P. Anspaugh (Bay City, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A travel stop assembly for a vehicle steer-by-wire steering system includes a shaft defining a spiral track extending from a first track end to a second track end. The travel stop assembly also includes a nut extending radially from an inner radial surface to an outer radial surface, the nut extending circumferentially from a first circumferential end to a second circumferential end, ...