ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,494, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Steering Solutions IP Holding Corp. (Saginaw, Mich.).

"Bearing assembly system for vehicle steering systems" was invented by Chao (Super) Liu (Jiangsu, China), Shenbing (Assur) Wen (Jiangsu, China), Hui Ma (Jiangsu, China) and Yuki Ye (Jiangsu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bearing assembly system for a vehicle steering system includes a tubular member having a radially inwardly protruding shoulder, the tubular member having a stake portion angling radially inwardly, the stake portion having a stake surface. The bearing assembly system also includes a bearing disposed within the tubula...