ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,299, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to thyssenkrupp Presta AG (Eschen, Liechtenstein) and thyssenkrupp AG (Essen, Germany).
"Steering column" was invented by Moritz Gresser (Baienfurt, Germany), Tim Bayer (Luechingen, Switzerland) and Daniel Kreutz (Feldkirch, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a steering column, comprising: a first sleeve, a second sleeve and a gap elimination means. The first sleeve is received in the second sleeve in a telescopic way in a longitudinal direction. The gap elimination means includes an elastic pretensioning element and a wedge-shaped body, the wedge-shaped body ...