US 11,884,319 B2
Intermediate shaft axial retention device
Michael E. Partyka, Saginaw, MI (US); Daniel P. Cook, Saginaw, MI (US); and David G. Matousek, Bay City, MI (US)
Assigned to Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation, Saginaw, MI (US)
Filed by Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation, Saginaw, MI (US)
Filed on Sep. 11, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/017,883.
Prior Publication US 2022/0081022 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. B62D 1/185 (2006.01); F16D 3/06 (2006.01); F16C 3/02 (2006.01); F16C 3/03 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 1/185 (2013.01) [F16C 3/023 (2013.01); F16C 3/03 (2013.01); F16D 3/06 (2013.01); F16C 2326/24 (2013.01); Y10T 403/32475 (2015.01); Y10T 403/7033 (2015.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A steering shaft assembly comprising:
a male shaft having at least one spline terminating at a spline end, wherein the spline end forms an angle of about 90 degrees relative to a longitudinal direction of the spline; and
a female shaft including a plurality of stakes located proximate an end of the female shaft, the stakes retaining the male shaft at an interface between the stakes and the spline end, wherein the spline end is an axial end and contacts an inner wall of the stake to define the interface between the stakes and the spline end as a hard stop interface, wherein the hard stop interface is formed by an interior surface of the female shaft.