Steering column assembly for a motor vehicle
AssigneeDaimler AG
InventorsDetlef Hansen, Horst Hartmann, Jens-Werner Kirchner, Holger Kittler, Ivica Milicevic, Ralf Prigge
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Abstract
A steering column arrangement for a motor vehicle includes a bracket, to which a jacket tube of a steering column supporting a steering shaft is releasably fixed by a clamping mechanism. The clamping mechanism includes at least one clamping part that is supple in the transverse direction (y direction) of the steering column arrangement and rigid in shear terms in the longitudinal direction (x direction and z direction) of the steering column arrangement.
Claims16
A steering column arrangement for a motor vehicle, comprising:
- bracket;
- and
- a jacket tube of a steering column supporting a steering shaft is releasably fixed by a clamping mechanism to the bracket,
- wherein the clamping mechanism comprises first and second clamping wedges and at least one clamping part that is supple in a transverse direction of the steering column arrangement,
- wherein the at least one clamping part is arranged between the first and second clamping wedges in such a manner that when the clamping mechanism is engaged the first and second clamping wedges engage with the at least one clamping part.
A steering column arrangement for a motor vehicle, comprising:
- bracket;
- and
- a jacket tube of a steering column supporting a steering shaft is releasably fixed by a clamping means to the bracket,
- wherein the clamping means comprises first and second wedges and at least one clamping part that is supple in a transverse direction of the steering column arrangement,
- wherein the at least one clamping part is arranged between the first and second clamping wedges in such a manner that when the clamping mechanism is engaged the first and second clamping wedges engage with the at least one clamping part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.