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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2025
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Erik William Soderlind, Harrison Township, MI (US);
Steven Bryan Amburgy, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Taras Andrew Palczynski, Jr., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus to couple a steering column to a housing are disclosed. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a bracket fixed to a steering column assembly, the bracket including a bracket surface, and a housing including projections extending from a housing surface of the housing, the housing surface facing a same direction as the bracket surface, the projections including first portions and second portions, the first portions extending from the housing surface in a first direction, the second portions extending from the first portions in a second direction different than the first direction, the second portions of the projections to overlap the bracket surface.