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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2004
Michael G. Feucht, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
David C. Janssen, Whitefish Bay, WI (US);
William P. Schuster, Iii, Germantown, WI (US);
Michael G. Feucht, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
David C. Janssen, Whitefish Bay, WI (US);
William P. Schuster, III, Germantown, WI (US);
Strattec Security Corporation, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
A lock bolt extendible and retractable by movement of a power transmission assembly driven by an actuator and having a cam thereon which cams against the lock bolt to retract the lock bolt and unlock the steering column. In some embodiments, the cam has a curved surface with varying distance from the axis of rotation of the cam or pivot to improved lock bolt motion. The cam can have a gradual ramp surface to extract a lock bolt even in binding conditions of the lock bolt.