Motor vehicle steering column

US5114182A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG · DE

Inventors

• Wolfram Thull · Ditzingen, DE
• Hans-Heinrich Kohlmeier · Kolitzheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 1, 1991
• Grant date: May 19, 1992
• Expiry date: Feb 1, 2011

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62D1/195
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A steering column for a motor vehicle comprises a jacket tube, at which locally at least one bearing section is provided for the fastening of the jacket tube to a console mounted on the forward structure of the vehicle. In order to achieve a significant reduction of the shaking of the steering wheel also at critical speed ranges and in the case of a body of a convertible, the bearing section of the jacket tube, as viewed in the transverse direction, is displaceably arranged on the console. In addition, the jacket tube, by way of a supporting element, is connected to a vehicle body part having a high impedance in the transverse direction of the vehicle.