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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2010
Filed:
May. 10, 2006
David E. Harris, Birch Run, MI (US);
Kurt J. Hilbrandt, Hemlock, MI (US);
David E. Harris, Birch Run, MI (US);
Kurt J. Hilbrandt, Hemlock, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A steering column assembly having an outer jacket mounted to a support structure of a vehicle. A steering shaft is movably supported within the jacket for rotation relative to the jacket. A retainer is mounted to the outer jacket and is disposed about the shaft. A dampener is non-rotatably mounted to the retainer and defines a passageway with the shaft extending through the passageway and rotatable within the passageway. The dampener has a portion abutting the shaft and applying a frictional force between the dampener and the shaft against rotation of the shaft within the passageway relative to the dampener.