Steering column arrangement for vehicles
AssigneeDaimler AG
InventorsKay Garbrecht, Holger Kittler, Hanno Lox, Sven Sagner, Joerk Tatulinski
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Abstract
A steering column arrangement for motor vehicles includes a steering column designed to be changeable in terms of its inclination and/or length and a clamping system having plate packs for fixing the steering column in a specific position. The steering column arrangement is designed for increasing the frictional force in the clamping system and/or for locking the clamping system, preferably by way of form-fitting engagement, with structure that acts automatically when a threshold load, acting on the steering column in the direction of its longitudinal axis, is exceeded.
Claims15
1-13. (canceled)
A steering column arrangement for a vehicle, comprising:
- a console that can be fixed on the vehicle,
- a steering column that has a steering column jacket and a steering gear shaft rotatably mounted therein, the steering column being changeable in terms of its inclination, its length, or both its inclination and its length,
- a first plate pack, fixed on the console, and a second plate pack, fixed on the steering column jacket, each of the plate packs having at least one plate, the plates of the first and second plate packs intersecting one another,
- a clamping system for fixing the steering column in a specific position by correspondingly increasing a contact pressure prevailing between the plates in at least a part of an overlap region, and
- means for at least one of increasing a frictional force in the clamping system and locking the clamping system that act automatically when a threshold load, acting on the steering column in the direction of its longitudinal central axis, is exceeded.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.