ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,025, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Steering Solutions IP Holding Corp. (Saginaw, Mich.).
"Steer-by-wire steering column" was invented by John F. Schulz (Hemlock, Mich.), Randy W. Jones (North Branch, Mich.), Michael P. Anspaugh (Bay City, Mich.), Sergio R. Molinar (Freeland, Mich.), Todd M. King (Saginaw, Mich.) and Jacob A. Caverly (Freeland, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steer-by-wire steering column includes a single column jacket extending in a longitudinal direction. The steering column also includes a single steering shaft extending in the longitudinal direction and housed at least partially within the single colu...