Patent ID: 11891110
Assignee: STEERING SOLUTIONS IP HOLDING CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 13:
14. A dual direction lock to inhibit pivot movement of a first member relative to a second member, comprising:
a mount bracket having a first sidewall and an opposite second sidewall, said first sidewall having at least one first lock feature and said second sidewall having at least one second lock feature;
a lock bolt extending along a lock bolt axis; and
a first lock cam and a second lock cam operably supported by said lock bolt for rotation about said lock bolt axis between a locked state, in response to selective rotation of said lock bolt about said lock bolt axis to a locked position, and an unlocked state, in response to selective rotation of said lock bolt about said lock bolt axis to an unlocked position, said first lock cam having at least one first lock cam lock feature, said second lock cam having at least one second lock cam lock feature, said at least one first lock cam lock feature being configured for engagement with said first lock features of said first sidewall when said first lock cam is in the locked state, and said at least one second lock cam lock feature being configured for engagement with said second lock features of said second sidewall when said second lock cam is in the locked state, wherein said first lock cam releasably locks the first member and the second member against pivotal movement relative to one another in an upward first direction when said first lock cam is in the locked state, and said second lock cam releasably locks the first member and the second member against pivotal movement relative to one another in a second downward direction when said second cam is in the locked state.