Motor vehicle with a position-adjustable steering wheel and a position-adjustable dashboard
AssigneeMannesmann VDO AG
InventorsKlaus Skabrond, Gunther Bartholomai
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Abstract
To facilitate the joint raising and lowering and pivoting of the steering wheel (2) or the steering column (1) and the dashboard (4) of a motor vehicle, it is suggested to form an assembly consisting of the steering column (1) and the dashboard (4), which can be secured in a motor vehicle as a pre-manufactured unit by using a suitable bracket (7). The dashboard (4) is associated with a stabilizing device (18) including slideway guide arrangements (40/41 and 37) combined with a toothed wheel/rack connection (35/36 and 33/34) provided on each of widely spaced guide rails (19/20).
Claims4
A steering column/dashboard assembly for a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a steering column for supporting a steering wheel;
- a dashboard fixedly connected to the steering column for joint pivotal and axial movements therewith;
- a stationary frame for supporting the steering column and provided with slideway guides for enabling pivotal and axial movements of the steering column, together with the dashboard;
- a bracket for supporting the stationary frame and securable to front cross-spar of a driver's cab of the motor vehicle;
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- a stabilizing device connected with the supporting bracket for supporting the dashboard and for preventing jamming of the steering wheel/dashboard assembly during position-adjustment of the assembly, the stabilizing device including spaced guide rails providing for support of the stabilizing device on the bracket and means for fixedly connecting the guide rails with the bracket, and means for connecting the stabilizing device with the dashboard and for enabling axial and pivotal movement of the steering wheel/dashboard assembly about a rotational axle displaceable in the supporting frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.