Universal joint assembly
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorsSung Hoon Chung, Dong Wook Lee
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Abstract
A universal joint assembly includes a yoke including a serration hole to receive an end portion of a steering column and a bolt-hole to receive a bolt which is used to restrict the steering column received in the serration hole, and a misassembly prevention member coupled to the yoke and elastically movable from a first position in which the bolt-hole is at least partially blocked to a second position in which the bolt-hole is opened, thereby preventing a misassembly of the steering column and improving safety and reliability of the universal joint assembly.
Claims6
A universal joint assembly comprising:
- a yoke including a serration hole to receive an end portion of a steering column and a bolt-hole to receive a bolt which is used to restrict the steering column received in the serration hole;
- and
- a misassembly prevention member coupled to the yoke and elastically movable from a first position in which the bolt-hole is at least partially blocked to a second position in which the bolt-hole is opened,
- wherein the misassembly prevention member includes:
- a fixing portion to fix the yoke;
- and
- a moveable portion connected with the fixing portion and elastically rotatable based on the fixing portion from the first position to the second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.