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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2021
Steering Solutions Ip Holding Corporation, Saginaw, MI (US);
Michael C. Vermeersch, Flushing, MI (US);
Ronald J. Huntley, Bay City, MI (US);
Benjamin D. Reichard, Saginaw, MI (US);
Arthur W. Nellett, Davison, MI (US);
Carl T. Seamon, New Lothrop, MI (US);
Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation, Saginaw, MI (US);
Abstract
A steering column assembly includes an upper jacket. The steering column assembly also includes a lower jacket that the upper jacket is telescopingly coupled to. The steering column assembly further includes an energy absorbing strap operatively coupled to the upper jacket and the lower jacket, the energy absorbing strap having a first leg, a second leg and a U-shaped portion connecting the first leg and the second leg. The steering column assembly yet further includes a pin located within a slot defined by the first leg and the second leg of the energy absorbing strap.