Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Telescoping shaft roller assembly in steering column
- Patent Title (中): 转向柱中伸缩轴辊组件
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Application No.: US13713713Application Date: 2012-12-13
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Publication No.: US08827821B2Publication Date: 2014-09-09
- Inventor: Donald A. Buzzard , Troy A. Daenzer
- Applicant: Donald A. Buzzard , Troy A. Daenzer
- Applicant Address: US MI Saginaw
- Assignee: Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation
- Current Assignee: Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Saginaw
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Main IPC: F16C3/035
- IPC: F16C3/035

Abstract:
A telescoping shaft in a steering column in a steering column is provided. The telescoping shaft includes an outer shaft having a bore extending in a longitudinal direction, an inner shaft telescopically received in the bore, the inner shaft rotationally fixed relative to the outer shaft and moveable relative to the outer shaft in the longitudinal direction, and at least one roller assembly positioned between the inner shaft and outer shaft. Each roller assembly of the at least one the roller assembly includes a spring having a first end and a second end spaced apart from the first end, a first roller positioned on the first end of the spring, and a second roller positioned on the second end of the spring, the spring urging the first roller and the second roller into contact with the outer shaft.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140171209A1 TELESCOPING SHAFT ROLLER ASSEMBLY IN STEERING COLUMN Public/Granted day:2014-06-19
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