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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2007
Amarendra Kumar, Novi, MI (US);
Hirotake Harada, Fujisawa, JP;
Amarendra Kumar, Novi, MI (US);
Hirotake Harada, Fujisawa, JP;
Nissan Technical Center North America, Inc., Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle steering column structure includes a fixed steering column portion, a movable steering column portion movably coupled to the fixed steering column portion and a steering column positioning mechanism. The steering column positioning mechanism is operably coupled between the fixed and movable steering column portions for adjusting a relative position therebetween. The steering column positioning mechanism includes a release member and a biasing member. The biasing member biases the release member to a locking orientation such that the biasing force of the biasing member applied to the release member changes with corresponding movement of the release member along a first movement portion of a prescribed movement range and the biasing force of the biasing member is generally constant with movement of the release member along a second movement portion of the prescribed movement range.