STEERING SHAFT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE
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Abstract
A steering shaft for a motor vehicle includes a hollow outer shaft with a longitudinal axis. An inner shaft is arranged coaxially within the outer shaft. The inner shaft telescopes longitudinally relative to the outer shaft and is connected in a torque-transmitting manner to the outer shaft via a rolling body. The rolling body can roll in the direction of the longitudinal axis and the rolling body bearing in a positively locking manner in the circumferential direction about the longitudinal axis between rolling body raceways on the inner and outer shaft. The steering shaft includes a securing element with a supporting body arranged between supporting faces configured on the inner shaft and on the outer shaft, which at least one supporting body can be supported in a positively locking manner in the circumferential direction. The supporting body is spaced apart in the circumferential direction from the supporting faces.
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22 Claims
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1-11. -11. (canceled)
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12. A steering shaft for a motor vehicle, comprising:
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a hollow outer shaft; an inner shaft arranged coaxially in the outer shaft; the inner shaft configured to telescope relative to the outer shaft in the direction of a longitudinal axis of the steering shaft, the inner shaft connected in a torque-transmitting manner to the outer shaft via rolling bodies, wherein the steering shaft is configured to permit the rolling bodies to roll in the direction of the longitudinal axis, wherein the rolling bodies bear in a positively locking manner in the circumferential direction with regard to a rotation about the longitudinal axis between rolling body raceways formed on the inner shaft and on the outer shaft; and a securing element including a supporting body arranged between supporting faces configured on the inner shaft and on the outer shaft and supported in a positively locking manner in the circumferential direction, wherein the supporting body is spaced apart in the circumferential direction from the supporting faces. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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