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US 2019/0017539 A1Published application
Steering shaft assembly having sliding keys
AssigneeSteering Solutions IP Holding Corporation
InventorsWilliam D. Cymbal, Jason T. Rutkiewicz, Joel A. Bickel
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Abstract
A steering shaft assembly includes an outer member and an inner member. The outer member defines a first key way that extends from an outer member first end towards an outer member second end along a first axis. The inner member has a first key that extends along the second axis from an inner member first end towards an inner member second end and is at least partially received within the first key way.
Claims20
A steering shaft assembly, comprising:
- an outer member having an inner wall and an outer wall, each extending from an outer member first end to an outer member second end along a first axis, the outer member defining a first key way that extends along a second axis from the inner wall towards the outer wall and extends along the first axis between the outer member first end and the outer member second end;
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- an inner member having an outer surface extending from an inner member first end to an inner member second end along the first axis, the inner member having a first key that extends along the second axis away from the first axis and extends along the first axis between the inner member first end and the inner member second end, the first key being at least partially received within the first key way.
A steering shaft assembly, comprising:
- an outer member defining a first key way that extends from an outer member first end towards an outer member second end along a first axis and extends from an inner wall towards an outer wall along a second axis that is disposed transverse to the first axis;
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- an inner member that is at least partially received within the outer member, the inner member having a first key that extends along the second axis from an inner member first end towards an inner member second end and is at least partially received within the first key way.
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