Alex Rhodes

Title: Alex Rhodes: Inventor of a Steering Shaft Coupling

Introduction

Alex Rhodes is an inventor associated with Orchard Lake, Michigan, and Ford Motor Company Limited. His listed invention addresses how a motor vehicle’s steering shaft connects to its steering gear while helping prevent axial forces from being transmitted to the steering shaft.

Latest Patents

Rhodes is credited with 1 patent, titled “Steering shaft coupling.” The invention describes a coupling with two coupling parts and interconnecting members that transmit driving torque from the steering shaft to the steering gear during normal operation. If the steering gear moves axially toward the steering shaft in response to an axial force, the interconnecting members disengage the coupling parts, helping prevent that force from reaching the steering shaft.

Career Highlights

The available information associates Rhodes with Ford Motor Company Limited and identifies his work on a vehicle steering-column component designed to combine torque transmission with axial-force isolation.

Collaborations

James R. Feustel is identified as Rhodes’s coworker. The provided information does not specify their roles or the nature of their collaboration.

Conclusion

Alex Rhodes’s listed patent focuses on a steering shaft coupling that transmits torque during normal operation while disengaging under axial displacement, helping isolate the steering shaft from axial forces.