(under subclass 492) Devices acting on a steering post or wheel to position it in a selected position.
(1) Note. In this subclass the steering post is positioned, as distinguished from being positively locked, which latter feature is covered by the locks in Class 70, Locks, subclasses 182+.
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70, Locks,
182+, for a lock for a rotary shaft (e.g., a steering post); subclasses 207+ for a lock for a handle, a handwheel (e.g., a steering wheel), or a knob; and subclass 252 for a lock for an automobile steering mechanism, and wherein the mechanism includes a switch.
192, Clutches and Power-Stop Control, 219, for drive release locking clutches.
280, Land Vehicles,
89.11, for a general utility land vehicle including occupant controlled steering of laterally opposed, stub axle supported, steerable road wheels provided with means for returning the steerable road wheels to a center or neutral angulation which may or may not be fluid operated; subclass 89.13 for a fluid positioning device employed in conjunction with the tie rod interconnecting laterally opposed steerable stub axles not returning the steerable road wheels to a center or neutral angulation; or subclass 90 for a general utility land vehicle including occupant controlled steering having fluid positioning devices not limited to laterally opposed, stub axle supported, steerable road wheels.
