US Patent Issued to Steering Solutions IP Holding on May 27 for "Bi-directional lock mechanism for steering column" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,002, issued on May 27, was assigned to Steering Solutions IP Holding Corp. (Saginaw, Mich.).

"Bi-directional lock mechanism for steering column" was invented by Wei Wang (Jiangsu, China), Kevin Song (Jiangsu, China), Dandan Li (Jiangsu, China) and Hongbin Zhang (Jiangsu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bi-directional locking mechanism for a telescoping steering column includes an energy absorption strap having a first leg, a second leg, and a curved transition portion connecting the first leg and the second leg, wherein the second leg includes a first plurality of teeth. The locking mechanism also includes a teeth bracket havi...