Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation

Harold J Nelson

Gregory D Brzezinski

Benjamin J Kolhagen

Terry E Burkhard

Chase A Szostak

A method of manufacturing a steering shaft assembly includes inserting an inner shaft into an outer shaft along a longitudinal axis. The method further includes placing the inner shaft and the outer shaft into a tool having a staking tool provided with a staking feature; aligning a stake with a base of a tooth of the plurality of fine teeth of the outer shaft; and pressing the stake axially into an outer shaft first end to a predetermined depth using the staking feature.

Steering shaft assembly having anti-pull apart feature

A method of manufacturing a steering shaft assembly includes heating an inner shaft and heating an outer shaft. The method also includes applying a plastic coating to at least a portion of the inner shaft. The method further includes cooling the plastic coating and pressing the outer shaft and the inner shaft together.

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Standish, MI, United States of America

Harold J Nelson