Land vehicles – Wheeled – Running gear
Reexamination Certificate
2006-08-01
2006-08-01
Dickson, Paul N. (Department: 3616)
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Running gear
C074S493000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07083198
ABSTRACT:
A tilt steering apparatus for a vehicle includes a lower steering shaft of which the low end is mounted with a steering gear, an upper steering shaft of which the upper end is mounted with a steering wheel. A universal joint joins a top end of the lower steering shaft with a lower end of the upper steering shaft and a lower column member is fixed to a vehicle body to support the lower steering shaft to be moveable. An upper column member supports the upper steering shaft to be moveable and a tilt lock mechanism that tilt locks the upper column member to the lower column member is provided. The tilt lock mechanism includes a fixed gear attached to the lower column member and a moveable gear attached to the upper column member so as to be moveable. A female gear is provided on the upper column member and a feed screw bar is mounted to the female member to lock the moveable gear to the fixed gear by pressing the moveable gear.
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Dickson Paul N.
Greenblum & Bernstein, p.l.c.
Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
Spisich George D.
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