Chrysler Corporation

Daimlerchrysler Corporation

Tyler Kim

James E Marion

Andrew J Palmisano

Peter Escobedo, Jr

An apparatus for releasably locking the tilt steering column assembly. The apparatus includes a housing, a lock member, a pawl, a rack and a rack trunnion. The rack and the rack trunnion, which are slidable relative to one another, form a link that determines the angle to which the tilt steering column is adjusted. The pawl is pivotably coupled to the rack trunnion and pivotable between a first position, wherein teeth formed on the pawl meshingly engage teeth formed on the rack to fix the position of the rack trunnion relative to the rack, and a second position, wherein the teeth of the pawl are rotated out of engagement with the teeth of the rack to permit the rack trunnion and the rack to be moved relative to one another. The lock member is disposed between a wall of the housing and the pawl such that relative movement of the housing toward the rack trunnion engages the lock member to the pawl and rotates the pawl into the first

Linear tilt mechanism

A coupling arrangement for connecting a vehicle door lock operator to a vehicle door lock, including a rod having an outer end connected to the door lock, and a hooked inner end. A clip has an outer end pivotally connected to the door lock operator. The clip has a hole between its ends in which the hooked inner end of the rod is engaged. The clip has a sleeve at its inner end for holding the rod engaged in the hole.

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Novi, MI, United States of America

Tyler Kim