Patent ID: 11945496
Assignee: ZF AUTOMOTIVE UK LTD.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F | IPC B

Claim 6:
7. A steering column assembly for a vehicle, comprising a housing, a shaft rotatably mounted with respect to the housing and being configured for attachment of a steering wheel at one end, a leadscrew connected to and configured to rotate with the shaft, a nut threadedly engaged with the leadscrew and being non-rotatable with respect to the housing whereby rotation of the shaft causes the nut to be displaced along the leadscrew, and two end stops spaced apart in the longitudinal direction of the leadscrew and being engageable with the nut to determine the two extreme positions of the nut along the leadscrew, the nut comprising a projection engageable with an elongate recess in the housing that extends parallel to a rotational axis of the leadscrew.