Nsk Steering Systems America, Inc.

Antonio Otero

Victor Corona Martinez

David Ray Hartman

Daniel Gazzerro

A wedge assembly for a steering column assembly including a wedge body and a pre-load member. The wedge body has a generally curved column tube contact face for contacting an outer surface of a column tube and a column housing contact face configured to contact a column housing. The wedge assembly has a thick edge and a thin edge, and the thickness of the wedge body decreases from the thick edge to the thin edge. The pre-load member has an elongated body between a first and a second end. The first end and the second end are secured to and/or positioned within the wedge body. A steering column assembly including the wedge assembly, a column tube, and column housing is also contemplated.

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Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America

Antonio Otero