ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,008, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to ZHEJIANG ZEEKR INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Zhejiang, China) and ZHEJIANG GEELY HOLDING GROUP Co. LTD. (Zhejiang, China).

"Steering column and vehicle" was invented by Lin Li (Zhejiang, China), Fuhai Li (Zhejiang, China), Zuguo Ma (Zhejiang, China), Jianfeng Bian (Zhejiang, China) and Fei Xu (Zhejiang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a steering column and a vehicle. The steering column includes: a fixation base; a movable base movably disposed at the fixation base in a first direction; a first drive mechanism disposed at the fixation base and connected to the movable base,...