ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,233,935, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to thyssenkrupp Presta AG (Eschen, Liechtenstein) and thyssenkrupp AG (Essen, Germany).
"Steering column for a motor vehicle" was invented by Tim Bayer (Luechingen, Switzerland), Simon Blaettler (Grabs, Switzerland) and Daniel Kreutz (Feldkirch, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering column for a motor vehicle may include a casing unit in which a steering spindle is mounted rotatably about a longitudinal axis that extends in a longitudinal direction. The casing unit has at least two casing tubes that have a polygonal cross section and are guided such that they can be adjusted relative t...