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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2010
Jason Robert Ridgway, Bay City, MI (US);
Melvin Lee Tinnin, Clio, MI (US);
Kevin M. Burns, Flushing, MI (US);
Jason Robert Ridgway, Bay City, MI (US);
Melvin Lee Tinnin, Clio, MI (US);
Kevin M. Burns, Flushing, MI (US);
Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation, Saginaw, MI (US);
Abstract
A telescope lock mechanism for a steering column includes a plurality of strap teeth located at an upper jacket of the steering column, each strap tooth of the plurality of strap teeth having a strap tooth peak. A plurality of lock teeth are located at a lower jacket of the steering column. The plurality of locking teeth are rotatably secured at the lower jacket, such that when the plurality of locking teeth are rotated into an engaged position with the plurality of strap teeth, a plurality of lock teeth peaks are substantially non-parallel to the strap tooth peaks of the plurality of strap teeth.