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Steering column arrangement

US7992464B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18Claims

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Assignee

Daimler AG · DE

Inventors

Axel Hebenstreit · Stuttgart, DE
Hans-Dieter Loeffler · Reutlingen, DE
Markus Mauch · Esslingen am Neckar, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 14, 2003
Grant date	Aug 9, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 22, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T74/20256
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A steering column arrangement having a steering spindle (2) which is mounted in a casing tube (3, 5) so as to be rotationally movable, and having a switch module (7) which is held immovably with respect to the steering spindle (2). The switch module (7) is fixed radially and axially on the casing tube (3), the switch module (7) being supported on a bearing (12) which is arranged on the steering spindle. The Switch module comprises a centering device (8) which, under action of a force (F) which is oriented coaxially with respect to the longitudinal axis (L) of the steering spindle (2), fixes the switch module (7) on the casing tube (3).

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