Steering column crash system
US6474690B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 8, 2001 |
| Grant date | Nov 5, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 8, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB62D1/195
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A steering device for motor vehicles having a chassis, includes a steering shaft with a shaft axis, a guide box for guiding the steering shaft and a retaining bracket clamped to the guide box. The bracket has at least one slide face along the shaft axis and the slide face has a slot defining a displacement path with respect to the chassis. A clamping mechanism axially retains the bracket in an initial position of the displacement path and a tear frame with a slide face is clamped by the slide face of the bracket against the chassis and is also clamped by the clamping mechanism relative to the chassis. A tear-away strip is located between a pair of notched tracks on the tear frame and has at one end a retaining flap which is fixed to the bracket.
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