Patent ID: 6199448
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: B62D,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus comprising:a vehicle steering shaft rotatable about a longitudinal axis to effect vehicle steering, said steering shaft having a first locking pin passage extending through said steering shaft and transverse to said longitudinal axis, said first locking pin passage being defined in part by first and second tapered surface portions, each of said first and second tapered surface portions tapering from a first circumference to a second smaller circumference in a direction from an exterior surface of said steering shaft toward said longitudinal axis, said first and second tapered surface portions tapering in opposite directions;a mounting member receivable on said steering shaft, said mounting member having a second locking pin passage;a locking pin that is long enough to extend through both said first and second locking pin passages for securing said mounting member to said steering shaft, said locking pin having a tapered portion engagable with said first tapered surface portion of said first locking pin passage and a threaded portion; anda threaded nut engagable with said threaded portion of said locking pin for securing said locking pin in engagement with said steering shaft and said mounting member to lock said mounting member and said steering shaft together for joint rotation, said nut having a tapered portion engagable with said second tapered surface portion of said first locking pin passage.