Patent ID: 7611165
Filing Date: 2009-11-03
Classification: B60K,B62D

Abstract:
1. A steering column assembly for a vehicle, said assembly comprising: a mounting bracket for attachment to the vehicle; a rake bracket coupled to said mounting bracket and pivotable relative to said mounting bracket about a rake axis with said rake bracket extending from said mounting bracket along a longitudinal axis to a distal end; a column jacket supported by said mounting bracket and detachably supported by said rake bracket and longitudinally moveable relative to said mounting bracket along said longitudinal axis in response to an emergency event and pivotably moveable with said rake bracket relative to said mounting bracket about said rake axis; an instrument cluster coupled to said distal end of said rake bracket and rotatably moveable with said rake bracket and said column jacket relative to said mounting bracket about said rake axis; and a dynamic absorber interconnecting said instrument cluster and said rake bracket for reducing vibration transmitted to said instrument cluster, said dynamic absorber including a linear spring having a pre-determined spring constant.