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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 22, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert M. Schoen, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Paul Thompson, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Assignee:
DaimlerChrysler Corporation, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/18 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/18 ;
Abstract
A vehicle steering assembly includes a mounting bracket for the steering column, such that during a crash situation friction surfaces on the steering column slides through an opening in a plastic block carried by the mounting bracket. The friction surfaces have an interference fit with the opening in the plastic block, so that during normal operation of the vehicle the steering column is effectively locked to the mounting bracket.