Patent ID: 7874588

Claim:
A steering column assembly for a vehicle, said assembly comprising: a lower jacket extending along a longitudinal axis; an upper jacket longitudinally moveable relative to said lower jacket along said longitudinal axis, said upper jacket including a circular cross section having a diameter and said lower jacket including a circular cross section having a diameter less than said diameter of said upper jacket; a bushing apparatus disposed between said lower jacket and said upper jacket and defining at least a first contact surface and a second contact surface, said bushing apparatus being coupled to said upper jacket; an adjustable compression device coupled to one of said upper jacket and said lower jacket for applying a compressive force directed radially inward toward said longitudinal axis to said first contact surface and resisted by said second contact surface to obtain a desired slip resistance between said bushing apparatus and one of said upper jacket and said lower jacket; and a locating device interconnecting said bushing apparatus and said upper jacket to fixedly locate said bushing apparatus relative to said upper jacket.