US Patent Issued to thyssenkrupp Presta, thyssenkrupp on May 27 for "Adjustment drive for a steering column, drive unit for an adjustment drive, motor-adjustable steering column for a motor vehicle, and method for producing an adjustment drive for a steering column" (Austrian, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,999, issued on May 27, was assigned to thyssenkrupp Presta AG (Eschen, Liechtenstein) and thyssenkrupp AG (Essen, Germany).

"Adjustment drive for a steering column, drive unit for an adjustment drive, motor-adjustable steering column for a motor vehicle, and method for producing an adjustment drive for a steering column" 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: "The invention relates to an adjustment drive (5, 6) for a motor-adjustable steering column (1) for a motor vehicle, comprising a gearbox (8, 9) having a drive module (82, 92) in which a drive whe...