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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
John Thomas Bobbitt, III, Warwickshire, GB;
Assignee:
The Torrington Company, Torrington, CT (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
70184 ; 29517 ; 70186 ; 70252 ; 403275 ; 403282 ; 464 32 ; 464 89 ;
Abstract
A steering column locking assembly and method of making same includes swaging a steering column tube and a steering column lock collar in such a manner that relative movement between the two parts is resisted below a predetermined level of torque while relative rotation occurs at values of torque above the predetermined value. A layer of plastics material may be provided between the two parts. Once the predetermined torque is overcome, then rotation between the two parts occurs, but ceases once the torque level drops below the predetermined level.