Tilt-adjustable steering column assembly

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1997-09-24

1999-05-04

Dickson, Paul N.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Running gear

74493, 403 56, 403 77, B62D 118

Patent

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058994971

ABSTRACT:
A tilt-adjustable steering column assembly, comprising in combination an upper housing pivotally attached to a lower housing along a generally horizontal axis transverse to the upper and lower housings, the pivotal attachment accomplished by a pair of pins, each having a threaded intermediate shaft received in a threaded opening extending through opposite sides of the lower housing, and further having generally hemispherical pins, each received in a complementary-shaped recess formed on opposite sides of the upper housing to form a hemispherical bearing surface and preloading the upper housing in compression.

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