Patent ID: 7621197
Filing Date: 2009-11-24
Classification: B62D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A releasable lock device for an adjustable steering column assembly of a vehicle having a steering shaft rotatable about an axis and a co-extending housing journaled to the shaft and engaged operably to a bracket, the releasable lock device comprising: a first member constructed and arranged for movement in a first direction traverse to the axis; a nonpivoting lever having rectilinear movement in a second direction substantially parallel to the axis; an elongated first linkage having a first end and an opposite second end; a first coupling orientated between said first end and said first member; a second coupling orientated between said second end and said lever; and wherein movement of said lever in said second direction and from an unlocked position to a locked position moves said linkage toward a perpendicular orientation with respect to the axis.