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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2020
Applicant:
Steering Solutions Ip Holding Corporation, Saginaw, MI (US);
Inventors:
Michael E. Partyka, Saginaw, MI (US);
Daniel P. Cook, Saginaw, MI (US);
David G. Matousek, Bay City, MI (US);
Assignee:
Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation, Saginaw, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/185 (2006.01); F16C 3/02 (2006.01); F16C 3/03 (2006.01); F16D 3/06 (2006.01); F16D 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/185 (2013.01); F16C 3/023 (2013.01); F16C 3/03 (2013.01); F16D 3/06 (2013.01); F16C 2226/52 (2013.01); F16C 2326/24 (2013.01); F16D 2001/103 (2013.01); Y10T 403/32475 (2015.01); Y10T 403/7033 (2015.01);
Abstract
A steering shaft assembly includes a male shaft having a plurality of splines formed thereon, each of the splines terminating at a spline end, wherein each of the spline ends form an angle of about 90 degrees relative to a longitudinal direction of the splines. The steering shaft assembly also includes a female shaft including a plurality of stakes located proximate an end of the female shaft, the stakes retaining the male shaft at an interface between the stakes and the spline ends.