Patent ID: 11866092
Assignee: STEERING SOLUTIONS IP HOLDING CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 17:
18. A steering column assembly comprising:
a jacket pivotable about a rake axis;
a pin having a lever operatively coupled to a first end of the pin, the pin moveable along a first axis between a locked position and an unlocked position;
a support structure operatively coupled to the jacket;
a first tray fixed to the support structure, the first tray comprising an exterior surface and an extension, at least one set of teeth defined on the exterior surface, the extension extending from an edge of the set of teeth and at least partially along a length of the set of teeth, the extension comprising an upper surface spaced apart from the exterior surface to define a step; and
a rocker tray comprising an inner surface, and at least one set of teeth defined on the inner surface and adapted to mesh with the set of teeth of the first tray when in the locked position and un-mesh when in the unlocked position, the rocker tray being adapted to rock about a second axis from an un-tilted state when in the locked position and to a tilted state when in the unlocked position to provide a degree of motion to facilitate meshing of the plurality of teeth of the first tray and the plurality of teeth of the rocker tray.