US Patent Issued to ZF ACTIVE SAFETY AND ELECTRONICS US on Nov. 4 for "Apparatus for use in turning steerable vehicle wheels" (Michigan, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,557, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to ZF ACTIVE SAFETY AND ELECTRONICS US LLC (Livonia, Mich.).

"Apparatus for use in turning steerable vehicle wheels" was invented by Michael Dawson (Washington, Mich.), Ramesh Chirla (Washington, Mich.), Himadri Kumar Shastry (Washington, Mich.), Olivier Pugliese (Lebanon, Ind.) and Ryan Noerenberg (Washington, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for use in turning steerable vehicle wheels includes a steering member which is axially movable relative to the vehicle to effect turning movement of the steerable vehicle wheels. A ball nut assembly is connected with an externally threaded po...