| 摘要 |
A detent connection between a hidden release lever of a tilt-adjustable automotive steering column and an exposed hand lever of the steering column, the connection including a D-shaped socket in a tab on the release lever and a D-shaped plug-end on the hand lever. The flat portions of the D-shaped socket and plug-end face each other and each has a trough therein extending the full length of the flat portion and facing the trough in the other flat portions. The facing troughs define a detent tunnel in which a cylindrical coil spring is disposed in radial compression. The spring engages the troughs along the full lengths thereof to torsional and lonitudinal rigidity.
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