Patent ID: 7574941

Claim:
A steering column assembly for a vehicle, said assembly comprising: a support bracket for attachment to the vehicle; a column jacket coupled to said support bracket and extending along a longitudinal axis and pivotably moveable relative to said support bracket about a rake axis; a compression bracket mounted to said column jacket and defining a telescope slot parallel to said longitudinal axis; a telescope tooth rack disposed in said telescope slot; a rake bracket coupled to said compression bracket and defining a rake slot transverse to said longitudinal axis and spaced across said column jacket from said telescope slot and generally perpendicular relative to said telescope slot; a rake tooth rack disposed in said rake slot; a rake bolt extending transverse to said longitudinal axis through said rake slot and said telescope slot and moveable between a lock position and an adjustment position; a rake lock disposed in said rake slot and moveable with said rake bolt between said lock position and said adjustment position and including a plurality of rake teeth in interlocking engagement with said rake tooth rack when in said lock position and in disengagement with said rake tooth rack when in said adjustment position; a telescope lock disposed in said telescope slot and moveable with said rake bolt between said lock position and said adjustment position and including a plurality of telescope teeth in interlocking engagement with said telescope tooth rack when in said lock position and in disengagement with said telescope tooth rack when in said adjustment position; and a cam mechanism coupled to said rake bolt and manipulating said movement of said rake bolt for simultaneously moving said rake lock along said longitudinal axis and said telescope lock transverse to said longitudinal axis.