Steering column with a locking device
US6848716B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 14, 2003 |
| Grant date | Feb 1, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 28, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16B7/105
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A steering column includes a locking device for securing a jacket tube in a predetermined and adjustment position and having a first locking member with an engagement member received in an at least one hole provided in the first locking member and displaceable between a first position in which it projects beyond the first locking member by a predetermined length, and a second position in which it is displaced into the at least one hole against a biasing force of a spring located in the hole, and a second locking member having a plurality of receiving holes associated with the at least one engaging member and spaced from the first locking member, in opened and closed positions of the locking device, respectively, by a distance which is grater or smaller than the predetermined length by which the engaging member projects in its first position beyond the first locking member.
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