US Patent Issued to Willi Elbe Gelenkwellen, Schaeffler Technologies on Aug. 12 for "Adjustment device for steering columns of vehicles" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,443, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Willi Elbe Gelenkwellen GmbH & Co. KG (Tamm, Germany) and Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Adjustment device for steering columns of vehicles" was invented by Jorg Hauhoff (Altdorf, Germany), Thomas Herrlich (Ottobrunn, Germany), Fabian Ruh (Erlangen, Germany), Philip Wurzberger (Nuremberg, Germany), Simon Merz (Herzogenaurach, Germany) and Ralf Sedlmeier (Pleidelsheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adjustment device for vehicle steering columns has a steering shaft to which a steering element can be attached, and a drive unit for adjusting a length of...