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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2000
Charles Joseph Scheib, Kettering, OH (US);
Stephen Moore Pitrof, Bellbrook, OH (US);
George Frank Richards, Springfield, OH (US);
David C. McClellan, Xenia, OH (US);
Sang Jun Park, Suwon, KR;
Other;
Abstract
An integrated steering column structural system for distributing a load of a steering column within a vehicle is disclosed. The structural system includes a steering column bracket for retaining the steering column and for distributing the steering column load throughout the vehicle. The structural system further includes a plurality of load distribution components for receiving the load of the steering column and ultimately distributing the load to a vehicle structural frame. The steering column bracket utilizes a plurality of pathways through which to distribute the load of the steering column to the load distribution components.