Steering column engineered tape
AssigneesThyssenkrupp Presta AG, thyssenkrupp AG
InventorsStephen McBride, Bryce Welch, Christian Pichonnat
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Abstract
A steering column assembly for a motor vehicle constructed in accordance to one example of the present disclosure includes a box rocker, a column jacket and a first section of tape. The box rocker has a rocker body including a box rocker inner surface that defines a box rocker bore. The box rocker is configured to be fixed relative to the motor vehicle in an assembled position. The column jacket is configured to be slidably received into the box rocker bore. The column jacket has a column jacket outer diameter including an outer surface that opposes the box rocker inner surface. The first section of tape is disposed between the box rocker inner surface and the column jacket outer surface.
Claims20
A steering column assembly for a motor vehicle, the steering column assembly comprising:
- a box rocker having a rocker body including a box rocker inner surface that defines a box rocker bore, the box rocker configured to be fixed relative to the motor vehicle in an assembled position;
- a column jacket configured to be slidably received into the box rocker bore, the column jacket having a column jacket outer diameter including an outer surface that opposes the box rocker inner surface the column jacket being translatable within the box rocker bore between first and second positions;
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- a first section of tape disposed between the box rocker inner surface and the column jacket outer surface wherein the first section of tape mitigates wear between the column jacket and the box rocker during translation of the column jacket within the box rocker bore.
A method of assembling a column jacket relative to a box rocker of a steering column assembly for a motor vehicle, the method comprising:
- identifying a mating contact surface of the box rocker;
- disposing a first section of tape onto an inner surface of the box rocker at the mating contact surface;
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- slidably inserting the column jacket into a bore defined by the inner surface of the box rocker wherein an outer surface of the column jacket slidably advances along the first section of tape mitigating surface to surface contact between the column jacket and the box rocker.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.