Machine element or mechanism – Control lever and linkage systems – Hand operated
Patent
1975-08-28
1977-04-19
Herrmann, Allan D.
Machine element or mechanism
Control lever and linkage systems
Hand operated
74529, 248286, 403 61, B62D 118, G05G 524
Patent
active
040181014
ABSTRACT:
A positioning device for a vehicle steering column which includes a stationary support structure formed from a pair of spaced plates, a moveable member adapted for attachment to the column and slidably received between the plates for translational and pivotal movement with respect to them, a fixed guide pin and a floating guide pin engaged in cooperating slots in the moveable member to control translational and pivotal movement, latching elements operable to fix the moving member in any pivotal or translational position, and a control lever operative to disable the latching elements to allow movement and further operative to apply a transverse locking force to the plates when the moveable member is in any selected position.
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patent: 3718053 (1973-02-01), Cinadr
patent: 3724290 (1973-04-01), Burton
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Eaton Corporation
Herrmann Allan D.
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