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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2017
Steering Solutions Ip Holding Corporation, Saginaw, MI (US);
Randy W. Jones, North Branch, MI (US);
Robert W. Dubay, Saginaw, MI (US);
Donald A. Buzzard, Saginaw, MI (US);
Michael P. Anspaugh, Bay City, MI (US);
Damian Z. Gosztyla, Bay City, MI (US);
STEERING SOLUTIONS IP HOLDING CORPORATION, Saginaw, MI (US);
Abstract
An adjustment lever deceleration assembly for a steering column includes an adjustment lever moveable between a locked position and an unlocked position. Also included is a clamp bolt operatively coupled to the adjustment lever. Further included is an adjustment lever decelerator operatively coupled to the clamp bolt, the adjustment lever having a base portion and at least one lobe extending from the base portion, the at least one lobe connected to the base portion by a hinge portion. Yet further included is a stationary component engageable with the at least one lobe upon rotation of the clamp bolt toward the unlocked position of the adjustment lever to decelerate the adjustment lever.