Device for adjusting the angular position of a driving member coupled to another driven member adapted to be rotatingly driven
First Claim
1. A device for adjusting the angular position of a driving member defining a steering wheel hub and a driven member defining a steering shaft, said device comprising a ring disposed annularly between said driving member and said driven member and having inner and outer spline means cooperating with complementary means on said driving member and said driven member, a selected one of said spline means and the associated complementary means being of a helical configuration, an annular threaded member coaxial with said driving and driven members cooperable with said ring and said driving member for axially displacing said ring and thereby angularly adjusting the position of said driving member and driven member relative to each other, and releasable means for normally maintaining said driving member and said driven member against relative angular displacement.
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Abstract
A device comprising a ring coupled on its inside surface to a steering shaft and coupled on its outside surface to a member such as the hub of a steering wheel, the ring being adapted to be displaced in translation by means of a control member, at least one of the couplings being adapted to determine in addition to translation of the ring angular displacement of the hub relative to the steering column, the control member comprising a screw with its axis parallel to the rotation axes of the members and which, by cooperation with the ring on the one hand and the hub on the other hand, is adapted to bring about translation of the ring by virtue of commanded rotation.
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- 1. A device for adjusting the angular position of a driving member defining a steering wheel hub and a driven member defining a steering shaft, said device comprising a ring disposed annularly between said driving member and said driven member and having inner and outer spline means cooperating with complementary means on said driving member and said driven member, a selected one of said spline means and the associated complementary means being of a helical configuration, an annular threaded member coaxial with said driving and driven members cooperable with said ring and said driving member for axially displacing said ring and thereby angularly adjusting the position of said driving member and driven member relative to each other, and releasable means for normally maintaining said driving member and said driven member against relative angular displacement.
- 7. A device for adjusting the angular position of a driving member defining a steering wheel hub and a driven member defining a steering shaft, said device comprising a ring disposed annularly between said driving member and said driven member and having inner and outer spline means cooperating with complementary means on said driving member and said driven member, a selected one of said spline means and the associated complementary means being of a helical configuration, a threaded member parallel to axes of said driving and driven members cooperable with said ring and said driving member for axially displacing said ring and thereby angularly adjusting the position of said driving and driven members relative to each other, and releasable means for normally holding said driving member and said driven member against relative angular displacement.
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