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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2017
Applicant:
Steering Solutions Ip Holding Corporation, Saginaw, MI (US);
Inventors:
Brian J. Magnus, Frankenmuth, MI (US);
John S. Beam, Freeland, MI (US);
Assignee:
Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation, Saginaw, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/16 (2006.01); B62D 1/10 (2006.01); F16D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/16 (2013.01); B62D 1/10 (2013.01); F16D 1/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A steering column assembly for an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle includes a steering wheel. Also included is a steering shaft selectively coupleable to the steering wheel with a plurality of balls, the steering wheel and the steering shaft transitioning between a rotationally coupled condition and a rotationally decoupled condition, the steering wheel in a rotationally stationary position during the decoupled condition.