Abstract: A steering column assembly includes an upper jacket. The steering column assembly also includes a lower jacket that the upper jacket is telescopingly coupled to. The steering column assembly further includes an energy absorbing strap operatively coupled to the upper jacket and the lower jacket, the energy absorbing strap having a first leg, a second leg and a U-shaped portion connecting the first leg and the second leg. The steering column assembly yet further includes a pin located within a slot defined by the first leg and the second leg of the energy absorbing strap.

Abstract: A steering column assembly includes an upper jacket. The steering column assembly also includes a lower jacket that the upper jacket is telescopingly coupled to. The steering column assembly further includes an energy absorbing strap operatively coupled to the upper jacket and the lower jacket, the energy absorbing strap having a first leg, a second leg and a U-shaped portion connecting the first leg and the second leg. The steering column assembly yet further includes a pin located within a slot defined by the first leg and the second leg of the energy absorbing strap.

Abstract: A first steering column member and a second steering column member are engaged for pivoting movement, and include confronting surfaces that limit the relative movement of the members. A bumper is disposed between the confronting surfaces to absorb impact during the adjusting movement. The bumper is fixedly connected to one of the first and second steering column members in a snap-fit connection.

Abstract: An energy-absorbing motor vehicle steering column including a structural housing, a pair of wedge blocks supported in guide channels on the structural housing for linear translation parallel to a longitudinal centerline of the steering column, a retainer plate on the structural housing over the guide channels, a lateral shoulder on each wedge block, and springs between each of the wedge blocks and the structural housing. When the wedge blocks are pushed backward in their guide channels, the springs are compressed and tip the wedge blocks upward to seat the lateral shoulders on the wedge blocks against the retainer plate and thereby retain the wedge blocks in retracted positions. The retainer plate is hooked over a lateral rod on a body of the motor vehicle to support an aft end of the structural housing vertically on the vehicle body.