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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2017
Todd Mckinzie, Goodrich, MI (US);
Marco R Cercone, Troy, MI (US);
Todd McKinzie, Goodrich, MI (US);
Marco R Cercone, Troy, MI (US);
FCA US LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A steering assembly movable between a deployed position and a stowed position in an instrument panel of a vehicle includes a mounting sled assembly configured to mount to a structural portion of the vehicle, a movable sled assembly operably coupled to the mounting sled assembly and movable relative thereto, the movable sled assembly movable between a retracted position where the movable sled assembly is disposed within the instrument panel, and a deployed position where the movable sled assembly is extended away from the instrument panel toward a rear of the vehicle, and a handle assembly configured to move between a stowed position where the handle assembly is at least partially retracted within the movable sled assembly, and a deployed position where at least a portion of the handle assembly extends outward from the movable sled assembly for a driver to manipulate and steer the vehicle.