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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
May. 08, 2023
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Robin Ivo Lawther, Chelmsford, GB;
Christopher Hawkins, Hornchurch, GB;
Humberto Mata, Dearborn, MI (US);
Erik William Soderlind, Harrison Township, MI (US);
Eric Schaus, Morgantown, PA (US);
Todd Putnam, South Lyon, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems, apparatus, articles of manufacture, and methods are disclosed for retaining a steering shaft are disclosed herein. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a seal, a steering shaft extending through the seal, and means for retaining the steering shaft in a retained position relative to the seal, the means for retaining configured to be release the steering shaft to an assembled position.