Motor vehicle steering column

Details Motor vehicle steering column Motor vehicle steering column

1996-08-16

1998-03-03

Bonck, Rodney H.

Machine element or mechanism

Control lever and linkage systems

Hand operated

280775, 280777, 384 41, 384 42, 74492, B62D 118, B62D 119

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057223009

ABSTRACT:
A motor vehicle steering column including a first mast jacket element mounted on a body of the vehicle, a second mast jacket element telescoped into a cylindrical passage in the first element, and a split bushing between the first and second elements. The bushing has a lip on an outside surface thereof which seats against the passage in the first mast jacket element to define a closed circumferential chamber around the bushing interrupted by the split in the latter. A plastic shim is molded in place in the closed circumferential chamber by injecting liquid plastic under pressure through a port in the first mast jacket element. Liquid plastic fills the closed circumferential chamber and clamps an inside surface of the bushing against an outer surface of the second mast jacket element to eliminate lash. Shrinkage of the plastic in the closed circumferential chamber reduces the contact pressure between the bushing and the second mast jacket element to minimize frictional drag.

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