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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2012
Donald A. Buzzard, Saginaw, MI (US);
Melvin Lee Tinnin, Clio, MI (US);
Troy A. Daenzer, Reese, MI (US);
Donald A. Buzzard, Saginaw, MI (US);
Melvin Lee Tinnin, Clio, MI (US);
Troy A. Daenzer, Reese, MI (US);
Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation, Saginaw, MI (US);
Abstract
A telescoping shaft having a roller assembly in a steering column is provided. The telescoping shaft includes an outer shaft having at least one projection or at least one groove, and an inner shaft telescopically received in the outer shaft, the inner shaft having the other of the at least one groove and the at least one projection, the at least one groove matingly engaging the at least one projection, each of the at least one grooves having a mounting section formed therein. A roller assembly is positioned in the mounting section of each of the at least one grooves and includes a spring having a first biasing section and a second biasing section, a first plurality of rollers positioned on the first biasing section and a second plurality of rollers positioned on the second biasing section, the at least one projection extending between the first plurality of rollers and the second plurality of rollers.