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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2005
Richard Stuedemann, Ortonville, MI (US);
William J Elliot, Commerce, MI (US);
Keith Jensen, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Leonid Smorgonsky, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
William a Jolley, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Travis D Bechtel, Goodrich, MI (US);
Richard Stuedemann, Ortonville, MI (US);
William J Elliot, Commerce, MI (US);
Keith Jensen, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Leonid Smorgonsky, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
William A Jolley, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Travis D Bechtel, Goodrich, MI (US);
Chrysler LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle steering assembly includes a steering column having a forward section and a rearward section movable relative to the forward section, a mounting plate adapted to be carried by the vehicle and a bracket releasably coupled to the mounting plate, and operably coupled to the rearward section of the steering column for movement therewith. The assembly also includes a stationary reaction surface disposed adjacent to the rearward section of the steering column and adapted to be engaged by the steering column during at least some events wherein the rearward section is displaced relative to the forward section. This maintains the position of a reaction force on the steering column during movement of the rearward section of the steering column, which provides a decreasing reaction force on the steering column.