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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2017
Applicant:
Steering Solutions Ip Holding Corporation, Saginaw, MI (US);
Inventor:
Richard K. Riefe, Saginaw, MI (US);
Assignee:
STEERING SOLUTIONS IP HOLDING CORPORATION, Saginaw, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/184 (2006.01); B62D 1/183 (2006.01); B62D 1/189 (2006.01); B62D 1/181 (2006.01); B62D 1/19 (2006.01); B60R 21/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/183 (2013.01); B60R 21/01 (2013.01); B62D 1/181 (2013.01); B62D 1/189 (2013.01); B62D 1/197 (2013.01);
Abstract
A steering column adjustment assembly includes a steering column that is automatically adjustable in an autonomous or semi-autonomous driving mode. Also included is a controller receiving information from at least one detection component, the controller adjusting the steering column in the autonomous or semi-autonomous driving mode to a position that is selected for an impact event, the position determined by at least one factor related to the information received from the at least one detection component.