US Patent Issued to ZF Friedrichshafen on Oct. 21 for "Steering drive for a steering axle of a steerable vehicle, steering axle, and industrial truck" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,030, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany).

"Steering drive for a steering axle of a steerable vehicle, steering axle, and industrial truck" was invented by Wolfgang Mauritz (Furstenzell, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering drive includes an electric motor with a motor shaft and a steering lever rotatable about a pivot axis. A first planetary stage has a first sun gear, first planet gears, a first ring gear, and a first planet carrier. A final planetary stage has a final sun gear, final planet gears, a final ring gear, and a final planet carrier. A force flow runs from the m...