US Patent Issued to thyssenkrupp Presta, thyssenkrupp on Feb. 3 for "Adjustment drive for a steering column, and steering column for a motor vehicle" (Austrian, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,908, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to thyssenkrupp Presta AG (Eschen, Liechtenstein) and thyssenkrupp AG (Essen, Germany).

"Adjustment drive for a steering column, and steering column for a motor vehicle" was invented by Sebastian Huber (Goefis, Austria) and Jean-Pierre Specht (Haag, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adjustment drive can be used in a steering column for a motor vehicle. In some examples, the adjustment drive may include a threaded spindle that engages with an outer thread in a spindle nut and a drive unit that is coupled to the threaded spindle or the spindle nut in such a manner that the threaded spindle...