Machine element or mechanism – Control lever and linkage systems – Hand operated
Patent
1995-11-15
1997-08-12
Marmor, Charles A.
Machine element or mechanism
Control lever and linkage systems
Hand operated
74531, B60D 118
Patent
active
056554133
ABSTRACT:
A clamping mechanism for an adjustable steering column for a vehicle in which antifriction elements are provided which interpose between relatively sliding components of an adjustable steering column construction each element allows sliding between limiting stops with resilient means between the stops to provide a soft stop. The resilient means may be a separate member or resilient portions at the ends of a slot in the element. Walls of the element may have longitudinal slits to take up manufacturing tolerance.
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Fenstermacher David M.
Marmor Charles A.
Minns Michael H.
The Torrington Company
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