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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:
Nov. 28, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 09, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gregory Thomas Hedderly, White Lake, MI (US);
Robert Daniel Restauri, Madison Heights, MI (US);
Michael Patrick Rodgers, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
William L Fisher, Dexter, MI (US);
Kumar Balakrishna Kulkarni, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Thomas Junior Luckett, Saline, MI (US);
William Francis Weber, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
280779 ; 280775 ;
Abstract
A vehicle includes first and second A-pillars with a cross-car beam connecting the first and second A-pillars. A steering column assembly is positioned within the vehicle and includes at least one pivot joint. A single attachment component directly connects the pivot joint to the cross-car beam.