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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:
Jan. 26, 1988
Filed:
Jun. 17, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
George J Stoops, Northville, MI (US);
William A Grabowski, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
American Motors Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ; F16D / ; F16L / ; G05G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
74552 ; 403337 ; 403-4 ;
Abstract
An adjustable steering wheel hub in an automobile steering mechanism comprises a first hub member and a second hub member. The first hub member includes a circumferentially splined bore adapted to be engaged with a circumferentially splined section of a steering shaft. The second hub member is coupled to a steering wheel and includes at least one threaded aperture registering with an arcuate aperture in the first member through which a fastener is secured to provide a selectively, adjustable, angularly fixed connection between the first hub portion and the second hub portion.