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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2023
Steering Solutions Ip Holding Corporation, Saginaw, MI (US);
Michael P. Anspaugh, Bay City, MI (US);
Randy W. Jones, North Branch, MI (US);
Donald A. Buzzard, Saginaw, MI (US);
Lelio Huang, Chongqing, CN;
Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation, Saginaw, MI (US);
Abstract
A cam clamping assembly includes a lever rotatable between the locked position and the unlocked position of the cam clamping assembly. The cam clamping assembly also includes a cam follower operatively coupled to the lever and rotatable with the lever, the cam follower having an inner surface with at least one cam follower member extending therefrom. The cam clamping assembly further includes a cam having an outer surface in contact with the inner surface of the cam follower, wherein the outer surface of the cam includes at least one cam member extending therefrom and in contact with the cam follower member, wherein the cam member is a ramped surface having a contact path portion and at least one relief portion, wherein the cam follower member is only in contact with the contact path portion of the cam member during relative movement between the cam follower and the cam.