Patent · US Expired

Motor vehicle steering column arrangement with space-saving holder for adjustment

US6254131A · kind A · utility

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15References
9Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 19, 1999
Grant dateJul 3, 2001
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 19, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB62D1/181
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A steering column arrangement has an adjusting spindle of a spindle drive for the axial adjustment of the interior steering column tube relative to the exterior steering column tube which is fixed by a holder on the interior steering column tube. The holder is a ring-shaped collar which, by way of a ring arrangement positioned between the outer jacket of the interior steering column tube and the inner circumference of the collar, is axially form-lockingly and frictionally engaged in the circumferential direction fixed on the interior steering column tube.

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