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  • Auburn, MI
  • 6500 Winterberry Ct, Midland, MI 48642 (989) 631-3551
  • 906 Waldo Ave, Midland, MI 48642 (989) 631-3551
  • 3203 Fuller Dr, Midland, MI 48642 (989) 631-3551
  • 1558 Cattail Way, Saint Charles, MO 63303 (989) 274-5876
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  • Ann Arbor, MI
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Us Patents

Electric Power Steering Rotation Isolator

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US Patent:
7866435, Jan 11, 2011
Filed:
Apr 21, 2008
Appl. No.:
12/106801
Inventors:
Joseph R. Streng - Freeland MI, US
Todd A. Barshaw - Saginaw MI, US
Leroy L. Gatz - Midland MI, US
International Classification:
B62D 5/04
US Classification:
180444, 180426, 180443, 180446
Abstract:
A steering column assembly includes a column jacket extending along a longitudinal axis and a steering shaft rotatably supported by the column jacket. A power assist module includes a housing coupled to the column jacket and a motor. The motor applies a torque to the steering shaft. An isolator connection interconnects the housing and the column jacket to permit rotational flexure of the power assist module relative to the column jacket, i. e. , the power assist module may rotate relative to the column jacket, thereby preventing undesirable rotation of a lever mounted to the column jacket in response to the motor applying the torque to the steering shaft.

Steering Column For Motor Vehicle

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US Patent:
60193913, Feb 1, 2000
Filed:
May 4, 1998
Appl. No.:
9/072236
Inventors:
Richard Thomas Stuedemann - Hemlock MI
Leroy L. Gatz - Midland MI
Xiaoyu Li - Saginaw MI
Floyd E. Eschenbacher - Saginaw MI
Kevin Lawrence Roe - Saginaw MI
Kevin Carlton Ross - Hemlock MI
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation - Detroit MI
International Classification:
B62D 116
US Classification:
280779
Abstract:
A steering column for a motor vehicle having a gear box of an electric power assist apparatus in front of the steering column. The steering column includes a rigid mast jacket consisting of a short tubular sleeve and a bracket attached to the tubular sleeve having a pair of laterally separated guides straddling the gear box. A pair of lugs on the gear box cooperate with a pair of elongated slots in the guides in connecting the mast jacket to the gear box for vertical pivotal movement and for linear translation. A longitudinally collapsible steering shaft is rotatably supported on the tubular sleeve with a steering hand wheel at one end and a flexible coupling at the other end connecting the steering shaft to an input shaft on the gear box. The tubular sleeve is connected to the vehicle body by a clamp which releases the tubular sleeve for a collapse stroke of the mast jacket. The mast jacket protects the steering shaft against beam bending during the collapse stroke.
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