STOW RELEASE ASSEMBLY FOR A MANUALLY ADJUSTABLE STEERING COLUMN ASSEMBLY
First Claim
1. A stow release assembly for a manually translatable steering column assembly comprising:
- an upper jacket;
a lower jacket, one of the upper jacket and the lower jacket translatable relative to the other of the lower jacket and the upper jacket over a first telescope range defined by a fully extended position and a first retraction limit, one of the lower jacket and the upper jacket also translatable over a second telescope range defined by the first retraction limit and a second retraction limit; and
an electromechanical blocking element coupled to a stationary component of the steering column assembly and moveable between an extended position and a retracted position, the electromechanical blocking element selectively engageable with a first wall of one of the upper jacket and the lower jacket, or a component operatively coupled to the upper jacket, to prevent retraction of the upper jacket beyond the first retraction limit when the electromechanical blocking element is in the extended position.
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Abstract
A stow release assembly for a manually translatable steering column assembly includes an upper jacket. The stow release assembly also includes a lower jacket, the upper jacket translatable relative to the lower jacket, the upper jacket translatable between a retracted range and a stowed range. The stow release assembly further includes an electromechanical blocking element coupled to a stationary component of the steering column assembly and moveable between an extended position and a retracted position, the electromechanical blocking element selectively preventing translation of the upper jacket at a plurality of translation positions.
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15 Claims
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1. A stow release assembly for a manually translatable steering column assembly comprising:
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an upper jacket; a lower jacket, one of the upper jacket and the lower jacket translatable relative to the other of the lower jacket and the upper jacket over a first telescope range defined by a fully extended position and a first retraction limit, one of the lower jacket and the upper jacket also translatable over a second telescope range defined by the first retraction limit and a second retraction limit; and an electromechanical blocking element coupled to a stationary component of the steering column assembly and moveable between an extended position and a retracted position, the electromechanical blocking element selectively engageable with a first wall of one of the upper jacket and the lower jacket, or a component operatively coupled to the upper jacket, to prevent retraction of the upper jacket beyond the first retraction limit when the electromechanical blocking element is in the extended position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A stow release assembly for a manually translatable steering column assembly comprising:
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an upper jacket; a lower jacket, the upper jacket translatable relative to the lower jacket, the upper jacket translatable between a retracted range and a stowed range; and an electromechanical blocking element coupled to a stationary component of the steering column assembly and moveable between an extended position and a retracted position, the electromechanical blocking element selectively preventing translation of the upper jacket at a plurality of translation positions. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A stow release assembly for a manually translatable steering column assembly comprising:
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an upper jacket; a lower jacket, one of the upper jacket and the lower jacket moveable relative to the other of the lower jacket and the upper jacket in a raking manner; and a rake blocking element moveable between an engaged condition and a disengaged condition, the engaged condition maintaining one of the upper jacket and the lower jacket in a predefined rake range.
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