Nissan North America, Inc.

Travis James Parak

Matthew Michael Gapinski

Gunnar Mason

Jeffrey Mazur

Yayoi Okumura

Tok Lau

A power steering tank baffle includes a filter member, a hood member and a rib member. The filter member includes an inflow portion and an outflow portion, the inflow portion including a first plurality of openings and a second plurality of openings. The hood member is disposed over the inflow portion. The rib member connects the filter member and the hood member, the rib member being disposed on the inflow portion so as to separate the first plurality of openings and the second plurality of openings.

Power steering tank baffle

A vehicle includes a vehicle support structure and a steering linkage. The vehicle support structure includes a dash wall. The dash wall separates an engine compartment and a passenger compartment. The dash wall has an energy absorption member supported by the support structure on an engine compartment side of the dash wall. The steering linkage extends through an opening of the dash wall between the engine compartment and the passenger compartment. The steering linkage includes a steering column in the passenger compartment. The steering linkage further includes an abutment. The abutment is positioned and configured to contact the energy absorption member upon a frontal impact of the vehicle to transfer energy from the steering linkage to the energy absorption member and to limit a rearward displacement of the steering linkage.

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Shelby Township, MI, United States of America

Travis James Parak