Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation

Malgorzata R Szeliga

Benjamin D Reichard

Joseph A Beck

A steering column assembly having a tubular jacket assembly bounding a bore extending along a central axis between a jacket lower end and a jacket upper end and a steering shaft assembly extending along the central axis through the bore between a steering shaft lower end and a steering shaft upper end. A breakaway device extending between the tubular jacket assembly and the steering shaft assembly. The breakaway device having a first state, where the steering shaft assembly is prevented from being able to rotate relative to the tubular jacket assembly, and a second state, where the steering shaft assembly is free to rotate relative to the tubular jacket assembly. The breakaway device having at least one frangible tab having non-fractured state, where the breakaway device is in the first state, and a fractured state, where the breakaway device is in the second state.

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Essexville, MI, United States of America

Malgorzata R Szeliga