Safety Steering Column for a Motor Vehicle
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Abstract
A safety steering column (1) is provided for a motor vehicle, which has a telescopic steering spindle (2) with an upper spindle part (3) which is near to the steering wheel and a lower spindle part (4) which is remote from the steering wheel, and is rotatably mounted in a jacket tube (5). The jacket tube (5) is of telescopic design and has an upper tube part (6) which is near to the steering wheel and a lower tube part (7) which is remote from the steering wheel, the lower tube part (7) being mounted so as to be pivotable about a first axis (10) on a bracket (9) which can be arranged fixed to the vehicle. In addition, an adjustment device which serves to vertically adjust the safety steering column (1) and has an actuating element (12) which is mounted so as to be pivotable about a second axis (14) is provided. The safety steering column (1) is distinguished by the fact that the actuating element (12) is coupled to the jacket tube (5) by means of a force transmitting element (33) which can be adjusted in a translatory fashion in the axial direction relative to the jacket tube (5).
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Citations
32 Claims
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1-16. -16. (canceled)
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17. A safety steering column for a motor vehicle, comprising:
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a telescoping steering spindle which has an upper spindle part near to the steering wheel and a lower spindle part remote from the steering wheel, and is rotatably mounted in a jacket tube; a telescoping jacket tube in which the telescoping steering spindle is mounted, said jacket tube having an upper tube part which is near to the steering wheel, and a lower tube part which is remote from the steering wheel and is pivotably mounted about a first axis, on a bracket that is adapted to be fixedly arranged on the vehicle; and an adjustment device for vertically adjusting the safety steering column, said adjustment device having an actuating element mounted so as to be pivotable about a second axis on the bracket; wherein, the actuating element is coupled to the jacket tube by a force transmitting element that can be adjusted in a translatory fashion in the axial direction, relative to the jacket tube. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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