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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2024
Applicant:
Steering Solutions Ip Holding Corporation, Saginaw, MI (US);
Inventors:
Kyle R. Mazure, Saginaw, MI (US);
Benjamin J. Kolhagen, Frankenmuth, MI (US);
Jeffrey J. Toth, Auburn, MI (US);
Leslie E. Edmundson, Clio, MI (US);
Assignee:
Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation, Saginaw, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/19 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/192 (2012.12);
Abstract
An intermediate shaft for a steering system includes a main body having a radially outer surface. The intermediate shaft also includes a grooved portion located along the main body and defining at least one groove to allow deformation of the main body when a predetermined force on the main body is exceeded, wherein the entirety of the grooved portion does not radially exceed the radially outer surface of the main body.