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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2018
Steering Solutions Ip Holding Corporation, Saginaw, MI (US);
Keyur R. Patel, Saginaw, MI (US);
Edward A. Cana, Grand Blanc, MI (US);
Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation, Saginaw, MI (US);
Abstract
A retractable steering column assembly includes a retractable portion. The retractable steering column assembly also includes an electric actuator mechanism for moving the retractable portion throughout a plurality of regions, the plurality of regions comprising an unstowed region, a stowed region, and a transition region between the unstowed region and the stowed region. The retractable steering column assembly further includes a controller monitoring at least one positional property of the retractable portion during movement within the transition region to detect a potential driver intervention of the movement.