Stowable electric column
AssigneeNamyang Nexmo Co., Ltd
InventorsJin Yong Hong, Kwan Taek Jung
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Abstract
A stowable electric column includes: a first column portion; a second column portion which is slidably and coaxially disposed inside the first column portion and is movable in the longitudinal direction through one end of the first column portion; a third column portion which is coaxially disposed to be fastened to the inside of the second column portion and is movable in the longitudinal direction through one end of the second column portion; and a teledrive unit which moves the second column portion and the third column portion in the longitudinal direction, so that the length of the column is configured to be as variable as possible, and thus, a maximum space in a cabin for the convenience and activities of a driver during autonomous driving of a vehicle may be secured.
Claims9
A stowable electric column comprising:
- a first column portion;
- a second column portion slidably and coaxially disposed inside the first column portion and configured to be movable in a longitudinal direction through one end of the first column portion;
- a third column portion coaxially disposed to be fastened to the inside of the second column portion and to be movable in a longitudinal direction through one end of the second column portion;
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- a teledrive unit configured to move the second column portion and the third column portion in a longitudinal direction,
- wherein the teledrive unit comprises:
- a first tele screw bar configured to move in a longitudinal direction through a rotational motion and move the second column portion and the third column portion in a longitudinal direction;
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- a second tele screw bar mounted on the first column portion and configured to have threads formed on an outer circumferential surface thereof, which engage with threads formed on an inner circumferential surface of the first tele screw bar, thereby being inserted into or withdrawn from inside the first tele screw bar as the first tele screw bar moves in a longitudinal direction through the rotational motion;
- a tele bracket movably mounted on the second column portion in a longitudinal direction and coupled to the third column portion;
- a tele nut mounted in the tele bracket, through which the first tele screw bar passes, and configured to move along a length of the first tele screw bar together with the tele bracket through the rotational motion of the first tele screw bar.
A stowable electric column comprising:
- a first column portion;
- a second column portion slidably and coaxially disposed inside the first column portion and configured to be movable in a longitudinal direction through one end of the first column portion;
- a third column portion coaxially disposed to be fastened to the inside of the second column portion and to be movable in a longitudinal direction through one end of the second column portion;
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- a teledrive unit configured to move the second column portion and the third column portion in a longitudinal direction;
- a support roller rotatably mounted on the second column portion and configured to have a seating groove formed on an outer circumferential surface thereof;
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- a support guide bar mounted in the first column portion to extend in a longitudinal direction and seated in the seating groove, which supports the support roller during a longitudinal movement of the second column portion and guides a rotation and longitudinal movement of the support roller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.