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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:
Oct. 13, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 08, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Clarke Fisk Thacker, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Cheryl Beth Goldstein, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
280775 ; 280777 ; 74493 ; 74527 ;
Abstract
A tilting and telescoping steering column assembly having internal energy absorbing capabilities. The assembly comprises a main housing (12, 13), a telescoping housing (26), and a tilt head (82). The telescoping housing and tilt head are locked by a pair of telescoping and tilt locks (44,88) which are selectively engaged by an operator through first and second levers (56,86) connected thereto with flexible cables (54,84). An energy absorbing device, such as a curl strap (68), may be incorporated to provide additional energy management control.