Intermediate shaft
AssigneeHl Mando Corporation
InventorSangyoun Song
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Abstract
An intermediate shaft includes a first hollow shaft portion in which a plurality of grooves are formed in a longitudinal direction thereof, a second hollow shaft portion coupled at one end thereof to a first slip member, provided to be accommodated inside the first hollow shaft portion, and slipped into the first hollow shaft portion when a collision occurs, and a shaft portion to which a second slip member is coupled, provided to be accommodated inside the second hollow shaft portion, and slipped into the second hollow shaft portion when the collision occurs. A first press-in portion is formed on an inner circumference of the first hollow shaft portion to protrude therefrom, thereby pressing and supporting the first slip member.
Claims6
An intermediate shaft comprising:
- a first hollow shaft portion in which a plurality of grooves is formed in a longitudinal direction thereof;
- a second hollow shaft portion coupled at one end thereof to a first slip member, provided to be accommodated inside the first hollow shaft portion, and slipped into the first hollow shaft portion when a collision occurs;
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- a shaft portion to which a second slip member is coupled, provided to be accommodated inside the second hollow shaft portion, and slipped into the second hollow shaft portion when the collision occurs,
- wherein a first press-in portion is formed on an inner circumference of the first hollow shaft portion to protrude therefrom, thereby pressing and supporting the first slip member, and
- wherein the first press-in portion is formed at a first position of the first hollow shaft portion corresponding to an initial position of the first slip member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.