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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. 24, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 20, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Sheryar Durrani, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Breed Automotive Technology, Inc., Lakeland, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
74552 ; 74425 ; 403-8 ;
Abstract
A steering wheel assembly generally comprises a hub having a bore for receiving an outer end of a steering column shaft. A gear is disposed within the upper end of the bore. The gear includes circumferentially spaced teeth extending radially outwardly from an annular collar. The annular collar defines an axial bore having internal threads complementary to threads on an outer end of the steering column shaft. The gear includes an axial inner end, an opposite axial outer end and an axial mid-point. A web-flange tapers radially outwardly from the axial mid-point on the collar toward the inner end.