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US 12,097,897 B2Granted
Intermediate shaft axial retention device
AssigneeSteering Solutions IP Holding Corporation
InventorsMichael E. Partyka, Daniel P. Cook, David G. Matousek
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Abstract
A steering shaft assembly includes a male shaft having a plurality of splines formed thereon, each of the splines terminating at a spline end, wherein each of the spline ends form an angle of about 90 degrees relative to a longitudinal direction of the splines. The steering shaft assembly also includes a female shaft including a plurality of stakes located proximate an end of the female shaft, the stakes retaining the male shaft at an interface between the stakes and the spline ends.
Claims4
A steering shaft assembly comprising:
- a male shaft having at least one spline terminating at a spline end, wherein the spline end forms an angle of about 90 degrees relative to a longitudinal direction of the spline;
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- a female shaft including a plurality of stakes located proximate an end of the female shaft, the stakes retaining the male shaft at an interface between the stakes and the spline end, wherein the spline end is an axial end and contacts an inner wall of the stakes to define the interface between the stakes and the spline end as a hard stop interface, wherein the hard stop interface is formed by an interior surface of the female shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.