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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2024
Steering Solutions Ip Holding Corporation, Saginaw, MI (US);
Benjamin D. Reichard, Saginaw, MI (US);
Joseph A. Beck, Bay City, MI (US);
Malgorzata R. Szeliga, Essexville, MI (US);
Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation, Saginaw, MI (US);
Abstract
A steering column assembly having a tubular jacket assembly bounding a bore extending along a central axis between a jacket lower end and a jacket upper end and a steering shaft assembly extending along the central axis through the bore between a steering shaft lower end and a steering shaft upper end. A breakaway device extending between the tubular jacket assembly and the steering shaft assembly. The breakaway device having a first state, where the steering shaft assembly is prevented from being able to rotate relative to the tubular jacket assembly, and a second state, where the steering shaft assembly is free to rotate relative to the tubular jacket assembly. The breakaway device having at least one frangible tab having non-fractured state, where the breakaway device is in the first state, and a fractured state, where the breakaway device is in the second state.