Patent ID: 11866089
Assignee: STEERING SOLUTIONS IP HOLDING CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 16:
17. A steering column assembly comprising:
a jacket pivotable about a rake axis;
a pin having a lever operatively coupled to a first end of the pin, the pin moveable along a first axis between a locked position and an unlocked position;
a support structure operatively coupled to the jacket;
a first tray fixed to the support structure, the first tray comprising an exterior surface and a wall, at least one set of teeth defined on the exterior surface, the wall at an edge of the set of teeth and extending from the exterior surface at least partially along a length of the set of teeth;
a rocker tray comprising an inner surface, and at least one set of teeth defined on the inner surface and adapted to mesh with the set of teeth of the first tray when in the locked position and un-mesh when in the unlocked position, the rocker tray being adapted to rock about a second axis from an un-tilted state when in the locked position and to a tilted state when in the unlocked position to provide a degree of motion to facilitate meshing of the plurality of teeth of the first tray and the plurality of teeth of the rocker tray;
a spring in contact with the rocker tray and adapted to bias the rake assembly toward the unlocked position;
a first opening defined by the support structure;
a second opening defined by the first tray; and
a third opening defined by the rocker tray, wherein the spring is at least partially disposed within the first opening and the second opening.