US Patent Issued to Willi Elbe Gelenkwellen on June 17 for "Adjustment device for steering columns of vehicles" (German, Bulgarian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,707, issued on June 17, was assigned to Willi Elbe Gelenkwellen GmbH & Co. KG (Tamm, Germany).

"Adjustment device for steering columns of vehicles" was invented by Ralf Sedlmeier (Pleidelsheim, Germany), Jorg Hauhoff (Altdorf, Germany), Thomas Herrlich (Putzbrunn, Germany) and Aleksandar Antonov (Izbeglii, Bulgaria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compact adjustment device for steering columns of vehicles has a length-adjustable steering shaft to which a steering element can be connected. It includes at least one drive unit for length adjustment of the steering shaft. The steering shaft has a guide tube which is non-displaceably conn...