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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:
Jul. 09, 1985
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenneth E McKee, Chicago, IL (US);
Harold G Meitl, Darien, IL (US);
Vo V Thanh, Willowbrook, IL (US);
Craig A Bixler, Woodridge, IL (US);
Assignee:
J. I. Case Company, Racine, WI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ; B62D / ; G05G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
74493 ; 74478 ; 7448 / ; 74498 ; 74540 ; 180 90 ; 280775 ;
Abstract
A tilt and telescope steering wheel with a push button keyboard non-rotatably mounted within the steering wheel has a foot actuated release mechanism for simultaneous disengagement of tilt lock and telescope lock mechanisms. A readout instrument panel with various indicators thereon rigidly attached to and tiltable with the steering column so as to provide a constant angular correlation with the steering wheel facilitating an unobstructed view of the panel in all steering wheel tilt positions.