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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 1998
Filed:
May. 12, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Frederick L Baker, Lafayette, IN (US);
Phillip S Peterson, Lafayette, IN (US);
Timothy M Lowney, Lafayette, IN (US);
Richard J Eckhart, Buck Creek, IN (US);
Assignee:
TRW Inc., Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
280777 ; 74492 ;
Abstract
A steering shaft (32) has a stress riser (70) which is inelastically deformable under stress induced by a predetermined vehicle crash force so as to initiate inelastic deflection of the shaft (32) under the crash force.