Delphi Technologies, Inc.

Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation

Jeffrey J Toth

Leslie E Edmundson

Benjamin J Kolhagen

Michael John Clayton

Kyle R Mazure

David M Hitz

Emanuel Gage, Jr

An intermediate shaft for a steering system includes a main body having a radially outer surface. The intermediate shaft also includes a grooved portion located along the main body and defining at least one groove to allow deformation of the main body when a predetermined force on the main body is exceeded, wherein the entirety of the grooved portion does not radially exceed the radially outer surface of the main body.

Grooved intermediate shaft for energy absorption in steering system

An upper steering shaft assembly for a steering column and method of construction therefore having a tubular shaft section and a stub shaft section fabricated separately from one another. The tubular shaft section has a main body portion and a splined portion. The stub shaft section has a shaft portion and a hub engagement portion comprising a splined segment and a tapered portion. A connection end extends axially from the shaft portion of the stub shaft section and is disposed within the main body portion of the tubular shaft section and the tubular shaft section and the stub shaft section are fixedly attached to each other.

Upper steering shaft-assembly

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Auburn, MI, United States of America

Jeffrey J Toth