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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2014
Applicant:
Steering Solutions Ip Holding Corporation, Saginaw, MI (US);
Inventors:
Jacob A. Caverly, Freeland, MI (US);
Gerald M. McCann, Bay City, MI (US);
Assignee:
STEERING SOLUTIONS IP HOLDING CORPORATION, Naw, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 22/00 (2006.01); E05F 15/00 (2015.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); B62D 1/181 (2006.01); B62D 1/185 (2006.01); B62D 1/18 (2006.01); B62D 1/16 (2006.01); B62D 1/187 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/181 (2013.01); B62D 1/16 (2013.01); B62D 1/18 (2013.01); B62D 1/185 (2013.01); B62D 1/187 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a steering column assembly is provided. The assembly includes a mounting bracket, a steering column adjustable in a telescope direction and a rake direction, at least one actuator assembly configured to translate the steering column in the telescope direction and/or the rake direction, and a controller configured to drive the at least one actuator assembly to sequentially or simultaneously telescope and/or rake the steering column in a predefined geometric pattern.