US Patent Issued to Valeo Schalter und Sensoren on July 1 for "Steering column module for attachment to a steering column of a motor vehicle, and method for checking a steering column module" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,175, issued on July 1, was assigned to Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH.

"Steering column module for attachment to a steering column of a motor vehicle, and method for checking a steering column module" was invented by Jens Thom (Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany) and Reinhard Mahler (Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering column module for a steering column of a motor vehicle is disclosed. The module has a first housing part and a second housing part, which, when the module is in a target installed position, is rotatable in opposite directions relative to the first housing part from a starting position, i...