Patent ID: 10618543

Abstract:
The present invention is directed to a steering column for a vehicle comprising a lower column (2), an upper column (4) connected the lower column by a pivot connection, a locking mechanism including a tooth segment (6) fixed with respect to one of the lower and upper columns, and a tooth hook (8) pivotably mounted with respect to the other one of the lower and upper columns and biased to an engaged position meshing with the tooth segment (6) to lock the columns in an adjusted tilt position, and an actuator for pivoting the tooth hook (8) out of engagement with the tooth segment (6) characterized by a memory hook (20) connected to the same of the lower and upper columns as the tooth hook (8) and adapted to cooperate with the tooth hook so that the tooth hook gets engaged by the memory hook (20) when the tooth hook is moved to the disengaged position, a striker (30) fixed to the other of lower and upper column than the memory hook (20) and arranged such that it acts on the memory hook (20) when the upper column (4) reaches a tilted step-in/step-out position whereby the memory hook (20) is moved out of engagement with the tooth hook (8), and an adjustable memory striker (40) pivotably mounted on the other of lower and upper column than the memory hook (20) and lockable in a desired pivot position such that it acts on the memory hook (20) when the upper column reaches (4) an adjusted tilt position whereby the memory hook (20) is moved out of engagement with the tooth hook (8) so that the tooth hook is biased back to the engaged position with the tooth segment (6).