Motor vehicle steering column which is divisible into mutually separable strut parts

US5782136A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Mercedes-Benz Group AG · DE

Inventors

• Thomas Witkovsky · Grafenau, DE
• Alfred Schnabel · Althengstett, DE
• Rolf Zimmerman · Ehningen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 17, 1996
• Grant date: Jul 21, 1998
• Expiry date: Jun 17, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62D25/145
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A steering column for a motor vehicle comprises struts as a support of the steering column tube on vehicle parts. At least one of these struts extends in the transverse direction of the vehicle. On at least one transversely extending strut, at least one separating point is constructed by way of which, in the event of a crash load, the strut can be divided into mutually separated strut parts. During a crash, an unfavorable movement of the steering column tube is therefore prevented.