Chrysler Corporation

Daimlerchrysler Corporation

Chrysler Group LLC

William J Elliott

Travis D Bechtel

William A Jolley

Richard T Stuedemann

Kenneth S Deneau

Mark O Minty

Richard D Zielesch, Jr

Tushar A Desai

Michael Laraia

Chad H Morrison

Timothy Gasparski

Melonee Wise

A blower assembly for an automotive heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system includes a housing having an opening and a blower wheel supported by the housing that directs air through the opening of the housing. A plurality of ribs are disposed within the opening of the housing and define a plurality of channels for directing air through the opening of the housing and toward the blower wheel.

Recirculation air flow arrangement for vehicle HVAC system

A steering column lock assembly and a method of operating the same, the steering column lock assembly including a steering column having a gear portion and a rotatable shaft; an actuator operably attached to the steering column, the actuator being free to translate with respect to the steering column; and a lever arm operably attached to the steering column; wherein translation of the actuator engages the lever arm with the gear portion to lock the steering column.

Steering column lock assembly and method of operating the same

A cam lock tilt cartridge for a steering column enables the steering column to tilt with respect to an instrument panel. The cam lock tilt cartridge has a housing connected to the steering column. A pawl is rotatably coupled to the housing. A rack is slideably coupled to the housing and connected to the instrument panel. A cam is coupled to both the pawl and rack to move the pawl with respect to the rack to enable movement of the steering column.

Cam lock tilt cartridge

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Commerce, MI, United States of America

William J Elliott