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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 24, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph C Spencer, Coldwater, MI (US);
Corbin G Glidden, Coldwater, MI (US);
Assignee:
Douglas Autotech Corp., Bronson, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
280775 ; 74493 ; 403 56 ; 403 77 ;
Abstract
A tilt-adjustable steering column assembly, comprising in combination an upper housing pivotally attached to a lower housing along a generally horizontal axis transverse to the upper and lower housings, the pivotal attachment accomplished by a pair of pins, each having a threaded intermediate shaft received in a threaded opening extending through opposite sides of the lower housing, and further having generally hemispherical pins, each received in a complementary-shaped recess formed on opposite sides of the upper housing to form a hemispherical bearing surface and preloading the upper housing in compression.