Patent ID: 11891112
Assignee: STEERING SOLUTIONS IP HOLDING CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F | IPC B  F

Claim 4:
5. A steering shaft assembly comprising:
a male shaft having a plurality of teeth extending radially outwardly from a portion of the male shaft; and
a female shaft receiving a portion of the male shaft and fixed to the male shaft in a rotational direction, the male shaft axially moveable relative to the female shaft, the female shaft having an end portion and a body portion, wherein the end portion of the female shaft has an end wall thickness that is less than a body wall thickness of the body portion, the end portion curved radially inwardly to define a hard stop position during axial movement of the male shaft, a portion of the end portion of the female shaft is curved beyond perpendicular to form an acute angle with the body portion of the female shaft;
wherein an end of the plurality of teeth are non-overmolded and formed of metal, an end of the plurality of teeth of the male shaft contacting the curved end portion of the female shaft at the hard stop position.