Adjustable tilt steering device

Abstract

Abstract An adjustable steering column pivotally connected to a vehicle and having a foot actuated release crank with the upper end of the crank rotatably extending through brackets. A flat release bar is fixed to the upper end of the crank and bears against vertical slidable release pins with the upper end of the pins bearing against two guide bars welded to a transverse bar. The gripping bar is fixed to the brackets and has bolt members extending therethrough with spring members thereon which urges the gripping bar against the bottom of a longitudinally extending tongue member. An upper fixed transverse bar is disposed on the upper ends of the bolts and bears against the top of the tongue so that the tongue is normally held immobile between the gripping and upper bar. Pressing down on the foot pedal causes the upper end of the crank to rotate in a counter-clockwise direction and causes the rear portion of the release bar to move downwardly and its front portion to move upwardly against the release pins. Since the pins cannot move upwardly and the gripping bar is fixed to the bracket it, too, moves downwardly against the springs compressing them and causing them to move away from the tongue so it can then be adjusted to another position at a different desired angle. Release of the foot pedal releases the springs and they again bear against the gripper bar and it, in turn, against the tongue to cause it to be immobile.

Inventors

• 👤 M Burton

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