US Patent Issued to thyssenkrupp Presta, thyssenkrupp on Dec. 16 for "Electrically adjustable steering column with safety circuit, and method for operating an electrically adjustable steering column" (Austrian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,091, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to thyssenkrupp Presta AG (Eschen, Liechtenstein) and thyssenkrupp AG (Essen, Germany).

"Electrically adjustable steering column with safety circuit, and method for operating an electrically adjustable steering column" was invented by Daniel Kreutz (Feldkirch, Austria) and Andreas Willi (Lauterach, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an electrically adjustable steering column for a motor vehicle, comprising a positioning unit on which a steering control element can be arranged, a support unit by which the positioning unit is held in an adjustable manner, an adj...