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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 1977
Filed:
Nov. 10, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:
James R Feustel, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Alex Rhodes, Orchard Lake, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ; F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
74492 ; 403353 ; 403378 ;
Abstract
A steering shaft coupling for a motor vehicle steering column constructed to join a steering shaft with a steering gear. The coupling has a pair of coupling parts and interconnecting members assembled to transmit driving torque from the steering shaft to the steering gear during normal operating conditions. The interconnecting members disengage the coupling parts when the steering gear is displaced axial toward the steering shaft in response to an axial force whereby said axial force will not be transmitted to the steering shaft.