Stow release assembly for a manually adjustable steering column assembly

A stow release assembly for a manually translatable steering column assembly comprising:

• an upper jacket;
• a lower jacket, the upper jacket translatable relative to the lower jacket, the upper jacket translatable between a retracted range and a stowed range;
• and
• an electromechanical blocking element coupled to a stationary component of the steering column assembly and moveable between an extended position and a retracted position, the electromechanical blocking element selectively preventing translation of the upper jacket at a plurality of translation positions.

A stow release assembly for a manually translatable steering column assembly comprising:

• an upper jacket;
• a lower jacket, one of the upper jacket and the lower jacket moveable relative to the other of the lower jacket and the upper jacket in a raking manner;
• and
• a rake blocking element moveable between an engaged condition and a disengaged condition, the engaged condition maintaining one of the upper jacket and the lower jacket in a predefined rake range.