Steering arrangement for a motor vehicle

US6394493B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

• Joachim Kieserling · Weingarten, DE
• Gregor Orbach · Holzgerlingen, DE
• Gottfried Schremmer · Tamm, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 17, 2000
• Grant date: May 28, 2002
• Expiry date: Jul 17, 2020

Classification

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

Abstract

A steering arrangement for a motor vehicle has a steering column tube which is arranged in a steering-wheel-side area in a height-adjustable manner relative to a vehicle-fixed console by way of an adjusting device. In a steering-gear-side area, the steering column tube is swivellably disposed on the vehicle-fixed console by way of a compensating bearing. The steering column tube is additionally held longitudinally adjustably by the adjusting device, and the compensating bearing is formed by a single suspension point which is eccentrically applied to the steering column tube and which defines the swivelling axis for the height adjustment of the steering column tube, and which, in the longitudinal direction of the steering column tube, has degrees of freedom for a displaceability of the steering column tube.