Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.

Caraway Home, Inc.

Nathan Jordan

Bret Recor

Benjamin Gross

Kenneth Young

Christoph Andrejcic

Naipaul Deo Ramoutar

Virosh Rangalla

Ronald Bowers

Adam Karibian

A vehicle includes a front wheel. A steering column assembly is coupled to the front wheel. The steering column assembly includes a steering wheel and a steering column coupled to the steering wheel. A steering rack assembly includes a rack coupled to the front wheel. The rack extends in a vehicle lateral direction and is translatable with respect to a body of the vehicle in the vehicle lateral direction. A steering knuckle assembly is coupled to the steering rack assembly by a tie rod. A tie rod disconnect feature decouples the steering knuckle assembly and the steering rack assembly upon movement of the tie rod beyond a predetermined distance.

Systems and methods of decoupling vehicle steering systems

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Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America

Nathan Jordan