Adjustable steering column for a motor vehicle
AssigneeThyssenkrupp Presta AG
InventorsHansjörg Sulser, Rony Schnitzer, Mathias Senn
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Abstract
An adjustable steering column for a motor vehicle has at least two components and at least one locking device. The components can be adjusted in the position thereof relative to each other along an adjustment path in an open position of the locking device and are locked in the position thereof relative to each other in a closed position of the locking device. A stop element is arranged at least a first of the components such that the stop element limits the adjustment path and can be detached from the first of the components when a force value is exceeded. The adjustable steering column has a tool which can be inserted between the stop element and the first of the components in order to detach the stop element.
Claims20
An adjustable steering column for a motor vehicle, the steering column comprising:
- at least two structural parts;
- at least one securement device;
- wherein the structural parts in an opened position of the securement device are displaceable in their position relative to one another along a displacement path and, in a closed position of the securement device, are fixedly secured in their position relative to one another;
- a stop element on at least a first one of the structural parts, the stop element being configured to delimit the displacement path, the stop element being detachable upon a force value being exceeded from the first one of the structural parts;
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- a tool for detaching the stop element, the tool being configured to slide underneath the stop element between the stop element and the first one of the structural parts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.