Adjustable steering column assembly
AssigneeSteering Solutions IP Holding Corporation
InventorsMichael P. Anspaugh, Robert W. Dubay, Donald A. Buzzard, Jason L. Myers, Roger A. Bourbina, Randy W. Jones
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Abstract
An adjustable steering column assembly includes a support bracket, a jacket assembly, and a locking assembly. The support bracket is configured to connect to a vehicle. The jacket assembly is connected to the support bracket. The locking assembly is connected to and disposed between the support bracket and an adjustment lever. The locking assembly includes an inner cam connected to the support bracket and an outer cam rotatably connected to the inner cam and connected to the adjustment lever. The adjustment lever and the outer cam are movable between an unlock position and a lock position.
Claims20
An adjustable steering column assembly, comprising:
- a support bracket configured to connect to a vehicle;
- a jacket assembly connected to the support bracket;
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- a locking assembly connected to and disposed between the support bracket and an adjustment lever, the locking assembly comprising:
- an inner cam connected to the support bracket,
- an outer cam rotatably connected to the inner cam and connected to the adjustment lever, and
- a clamp pin disposed on the inner cam and extending into the outer cam;
- the adjustment lever and the outer cam are movable between an unlock position and a lock position.
An adjustable steering column assembly, comprising:
- a locking assembly connected to and disposed between a support bracket and an adjustment lever, the locking assembly including:
- an inner cam connected to the support bracket, the inner cam defining a receiving pocket and an inner cam stop surface,
- an outer cam rotatably connected to the inner cam and connected to the adjustment lever, the outer cam defining an outer fastener hole extending along a transverse axis, an extending pocket and an outer cam stop surface, and
- a clamp pin having a first end received within the receiving pocket and a second end extending into the extending pocket, in response to rotation of the adjustment lever from a lock position towards an unlock position, the inner cam stop surface is configured to engage the outer cam stop surface to inhibit further rotation of the adjustment lever and the clamp pin is disposed in a nonparallel relationship with respect to the transverse axis.
An adjustable steering column assembly, comprising:
- a locking assembly connected to and disposed between a jacket assembly and an adjustment lever, the locking assembly comprising:
- an inner cam connected to a support bracket that is connected to the jacket assembly, the inner cam having a first inner cam surface disposed opposite a second inner cam surface, the inner cam defines first and second receiving pockets that extend from the first inner cam surface towards the second inner cam surface,
- an outer cam having a first outer cam surface disposed opposite a second outer cam surface, the outer cam defines first and second extending pockets that extend from the first outer cam surface towards the second outer cam surface, the first outer cam surface faces towards the first inner cam surface;
- a first clamp pin having a first end received within the first receiving pocket and a second end extending into the first extending pocket;
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- a second clamp pin having a first end received within the second receiving pocket and a second end extending into the second extending pocket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.