Modular power actuator

A power actuator assembly comprising:

• a torque transmission device having a first end and a second end;
• a motor mounted to said torque transmission device and extending along a motor axis and having an output shaft rotatable about said motor axis;
• a screw coupled to said torque transmission device and extending along a screw axis with said torque transmission device transferring said rotational movement of said output shaft about said motor axis to said screw to rotate said screw about said screw axis;
• an adjustment mechanism rotatable supporting said screw and interconnecting said screw and said torque transmission device and permitting selective rotational adjustment of said torque transmission device relative to said adjustment mechanism about said screw axis to reposition said motor relative to said adjustment mechanism, said first end for receiving said adjustment mechanism and said second end for receiving said adjustment mechanism with said adjustment mechanism coupled to either of said first end or said second end;
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• a cover mounted to another of said first end and said second end to seal said torque transmission device.

A steering column assembly for a vehicle, said steering column assembly comprising:

• a column jacket having a lower jacket and a upper jacket longitudinal movable along a longitudinal axis relative to said lower jacket;
• an upper shaft housing supporting said column jacket and defining a rake axis with said column jacket pivotably movable about said rake axis;
• an actuator coupled to said upper shaft housing for motivating one of said longitudinal movement of said upper jacket along said longitudinal axis and said pivotable movement of said upper shaft housing about said rake axis, said actuator including:
• a torque transmission device;
• a motor mounted to said torque transmission device and extending along a motor axis and having an output shaft rotatable about said motor axis;
• a screw coupled to said torque transmission device and extending along a screw axis with said torque transmission device transferring said rotational movement of said output shaft about said motor axis to said screw to rotate said screw about said screw axis;
• an adjustment mechanism rotatably supporting said screw and interconnecting said screw and said torque transmission device and permitting selective rotational adjustment of said torque transmission device relative to said adjustment mechanism about said screw axis to reposition said motor relative to said adjustment mechanism.