Patent ID: 11891108
Assignee: STEERING SOLUTIONS IP HOLDING CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An auxiliary unstow mechanism for a vehicle steering column, the auxiliary unstow mechanism comprising:
a telescope actuator assembly;
a first electronic control unit (ECU) in communication with the telescope actuator assembly to control the telescope actuator assembly;
a latch actuator operatively controlling a latch assembly that controls a locked condition and an unlocked condition of vehicle steering column axial position; and
a second ECU in communication with the first ECU and the latch actuator, the second ECU controlling the latch actuator, wherein the latch assembly is in the locked condition in a stowed or partially stowed position of the vehicle steering column to prevent manual adjustment of the vehicle steering column, and wherein the latch assembly is in the unlocked condition to allow manual adjustment of the vehicle steering column.