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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:
Apr. 19, 1977
Filed:
Aug. 28, 1975
William T Mihalic, Southfield, MI (US);
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A positioning device for a vehicle steering column which includes a stationary support structure formed from a pair of spaced plates, a moveable member adapted for attachment to the column and slidably received between the plates for translational and pivotal movement with respect to them, a fixed guide pin and a floating guide pin engaged in cooperating slots in the moveable member to control translational and pivotal movement, latching elements operable to fix the moving member in any pivotal or translational position, and a control lever operative to disable the latching elements to allow movement and further operative to apply a transverse locking force to the plates when the moveable member is in any selected position.
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