Arrangement for securing of a steering column of a motor vehicle

US8459697B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• THYSSENKRUPP PRESTA AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · LI
• Johnson Controls GmbH, Industriestr. · DE

Inventors

• Markus Zörnack · Dortmund, DE
• Mark Hirt · Bochum, DE
• Peter Seyfried · Berlin, DE
• Christian Dornscheidt · Mülheim an der Ruhr, DE
• Matthias Hein · Gelsenkirchen, DE
• Martin Hinz · Duluth, US
• Paul Angenheister · Kempen, DE
• Thomas Beer · Grefrath, DE
• Alfred Mai · Hückeswagen, DE
• Klaus Kierspel · Sankt Goarshausen, DE
• Norberto Silva · Essen, DE
• Jochen Zimmermann · Wuppertal, DE
• Viktor Arbanas · Baden, CH
• Michael Maag · Gams, CH
• Carsten Manneck · Feldkirch, AT
• Max Oertle · Mauren, LI

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 17, 2007
• Grant date: Jun 11, 2013
• Expiry date: Jan 9, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T403/75
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An arrangement for securing a steering column to a cross member, in particular to a cockpit carrying member, of a motor vehicle, includes a steering column with retaining means. This arrangement makes it possible on the one hand with simple means to secure the steering column to the cross member of the motor vehicle and, on the other hand, with a further reduction in costs and weight, to enable a high degree of flexibility in relation to the use of the cross member and the steering column for different motor vehicles, by including a cross member that has, for securing the steering column, at least one hole running transverse to the longitudinal direction of the cross member for at least one securing means, and retaining means of the steering column wherein the retaining means are secured by at least one securing means to the cross member.