Patent ID: 7735868
Filing Date: 2010-06-15
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. An adjustable steering column assembly for a vehicle, said assembly comprising: an outer jacket defining a longitudinal axis, an inner jacket slidably disposed in said outer jacket along said longitudinal axis for telescoping movement, a pivot pin coupled to said outer jacket and defining a pin axis, a pawl coupled to said pivot pin and rotatable about said pin axis between an engaged position engaging said inner jacket for preventing said telescoping movement and a disengaged position disengaging said inner jacket for allowing said telescoping movement, a lever coupled to said pawl and having a cam surface, and an extension movable between a first position engaging a first portion of said cam surface and a second position engaging a second portion of said cam surface for moving said lever away from said inner jacket and causing said pawl to rotate about said pin axis to disengage said pawl from said inner jacket.