Patent ID: 11884316
Assignee: STEERING SOLUTIONS IP HOLDING CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 7:
8. An axial adjustment actuator assembly for a steering column having an outer jacket, a middle jacket and an inner jacket, the axial adjustment actuator assembly comprising:
a motor;
a lead screw rotatably drive by the motor;
a nut axially driven along the lead screw during rotation of the lead screw and connected to the middle jacket to axially translate the middle jacket at a middle jacket speed; and
a gear operatively coupled to the nut and engaged with the inner jacket and the outer jacket, wherein the gear translates the inner jacket at an inner jacket speed that is different than the middle jacket speed, wherein the nut includes a pair of pins extending from opposite sides of the nut, each of the pair of pins connected to the middle jacket.