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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2004
Applicant:
Hitonobu Ohtsu, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hitonobu Ohtsu, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A telescoping steering column assembly of the present invention includes a lower jacket disposed in telescoping relationship within an upper jacket along a longitudinal axes, and a brake supported by the upper jacket for frictional engagement with the lower jacket. The brake presents an inclined surface sloping longitudinally of the jackets. A cam device of the assembly is rotatable into and out of engagement with the inclined surface. The cam device includes a lever to move the brake upwardly, to engage the lower jacket with the upper jacket, and downwardly, to disengage the jackets in different modes of operation of the assembly.