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Cockpit cross beam with variable steering column angle of inclination

US9950745B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG · DE

Inventors

Mark Hirt · Bochum, DE
Martin Hinz · Duluth, US
Detlef Steinhöfer · Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 30, 2010
Grant date	Apr 24, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 3, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB62D25/145
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A cockpit cross beam for a motor vehicle includes at least one structured metal section arranged on the driver's side, wherein the metal section exhibits cross-sectional areas varying in the axial direction and has connection elements for connecting the metal section to other structural parts of a motor vehicle body. A cockpit cross beam that permits variable steering column angles of inclination with identical steering column connection is achieved in that the metal section arranged on the driver's side in each case has rotationally symmetric cross-sectional areas as connection elements at its ends and the cross-sectional areas of the ends have a common rotational axis.

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