ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,497, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Steering Solutions IP Holding Corp. (Saginaw, Mich.).

"Lower rotor assemblies for torque sensors" was invented by Rong (Jason) Zhang (Jiangsu, China), Keyi (Michael) He (Jiangsu, China) and Fusong (Stuart) Zhao (Jiangsu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lower rotor assembly for a torque sensor includes a lower rotor over-mold including at least one heat staking structure extending from an upper surface thereof. The lower rotor assembly further includes a lower stator integrally formed with the lower rotor over-mold as a single, unitary component. The lower rotor assembly also includes an ...