| 摘要 |
An adjustable steering column includes both tilting and telescoping movement. For telescoping, the steering column and to a telescope latch device which selectively engages one of a series of telescope detents. The tilt adjustment includes a slide component pivotally connected to the steering column and movable with respect to fixed vehicle structure, there being a series of detents in an edge of the slide component. Two or more separate and individually movable latches are provided on a pivotal actuating rod adjacent to the detents of the slide component. The spacing between adjacent latches is different from that between adjacent detents, so that only one latch is engaged in a detent at any one time. All latches are retracted by pivotal retracting movement of the actuating rod, and when the tilt is adjusted, a different latch engages in a detent before the just-disengaged latch reaches the next detent in the direction of movement. This enables fine adjustment of steering wheel tilt positions without close spacing of the detents which would result in a lack of strength of locking positions in the slide member.
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