Sealing device
AssigneesThyssenkrupp Presta AG, thyssenkrupp AG
InventorMichael WALSER
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Abstract
A sealing device for sealing an opening of a transverse wall that separates an engine compartment from a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle and through which opening an intermediate steering shaft of a steering system is guided. The sealing device may have a resilient sealing member that covers the opening, that surrounds the intermediate steering shaft, that is secured with a first end region to the transverse wall, and that lies in a sealing manner with a second end region against an outer peripheral face of a sealing sleeve. The sealing sleeve may be secured to and may rotate with the intermediate steering shaft. The sealing device may also include an inner covering face that has radially inwardly protruding projections and that is connectable to an outer covering face of the intermediate steering shaft.
Claims10
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A sealing device for sealing an opening of a transverse wall that separates an engine compartment from a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle and through which opening an intermediate steering shaft of a steering system is guided, the sealing device comprising:
- a sealing sleeve with an outer peripheral face, the sealing sleeve being secured to and rotatable with the intermediate steering shaft, wherein the sealing sleeve comprises an inner covering face that has radially inwardly protruding projections and that is connectable to an outer covering face of the intermediate steering shaft by pressing the inner covering face onto the outer covering face;
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- a sealing member comprised of resilient material that covers the opening, that surrounds the intermediate steering shaft, that is secured with a first end region to the transverse wall, and that lies in a sealing manner with a second end region against the outer peripheral face of the sealing sleeve.
A method for sealing a passage of an intermediate steering shaft through a transverse wall of a motor vehicle, the method comprising:
- providing the intermediate steering shaft with a sealing sleeve and a sealing member;
- introducing the intermediate steering shaft with the sealing sleeve and the sealing member through an opening in the transverse wall from a passenger compartment side;
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- securing the sealing member to the transverse wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.