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

Claim 15:
16. A method of preventing inadvertent tilting of a tiltable steering jacket of steering column in opposite tilt directions, comprising:
supporting the tiltable steering jacket with a mount bracket having a first sidewall and a second sidewall spaced from the first sidewall, with the first sidewall having first positive lock features and the second sidewall having second positive lock features;
providing a first lock cam on a first side of the tiltable steering jacket, with the first lock cam being moveable from an unlocked state, whereat the first lock cam is moved out of blocking engagement with the first positive lock features of the first sidewall to permit tilting movement of the tiltable steering jacket in opposite first and second directions, to a locked state, whereat the first lock cam is moved into blocking engagement with the first positive lock features of the first sidewall to prevent tilting movement in the first direction; and
providing a second lock cam on a second side, opposite the first side, of the tiltable steering jacket, with the second lock cam being moveable from an unlocked state, whereat the second lock cam is moved out of blocking engagement with the second positive lock features of the second sidewall to permit tilting movement of the tiltable steering jacket in the opposite first and second directions, to a locked state, whereat the second lock cam is moved into blocking engagement with the second positive lock features of the second sidewall to prevent tilting movement in the second direction.