Locking device for a height and tilt adjustable steering column in a motor vehicle
First Claim
1. A locking device for two components of a height-adjustable and tilt-adjustable motor vehicle steering column, the components being displaceable in relation to one another with one component being fixed on a bracket stationarily connected to a body of a motor vehicle and the other component being part of a steering column housing accommodating the steering column, the locking device comprising:
- a first toothed surface fixed to one component;
a second toothed surface fixed to the other component, the first toothed surface and the second toothed surface each having at least one row of teeth with a plurality of teeth arranged next to one another, the second toothed surface being brought into engagement with first toothed surface wherein free tips of the teeth of the two rows, which free tips face one another, are mutually repelled by magnetic forces.
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Abstract
A locking device for two components of a height- and tilt-adjustable motor vehicle steering column, that has components that are displaceable in relation to one another, is disclosed. One component is fixed on a bracket stationarily connected to the body of the motor vehicle and the other component is part of a steering column housing accommodating the steering column, with at least two toothed surfaces each fixed on the components that are displaceable in relation to one another. The toothed surfaces have each at least one row of teeth with a plurality of teeth arranged next to one another. The free tips of the teeth of the two rows, which free tips face one another, are mutually repelled by magnetic forces.
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18 Claims
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1. A locking device for two components of a height-adjustable and tilt-adjustable motor vehicle steering column, the components being displaceable in relation to one another with one component being fixed on a bracket stationarily connected to a body of a motor vehicle and the other component being part of a steering column housing accommodating the steering column, the locking device comprising:
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a first toothed surface fixed to one component;
a second toothed surface fixed to the other component, the first toothed surface and the second toothed surface each having at least one row of teeth with a plurality of teeth arranged next to one another, the second toothed surface being brought into engagement with first toothed surface wherein free tips of the teeth of the two rows, which free tips face one another, are mutually repelled by magnetic forces. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A locking device for two components of a height-adjustable and tilt-adjustable motor vehicle steering column, the components being displaceable in relation to one another with one component being fixed on a bracket stationarily connected to a body of a motor vehicle and the other component being part of a steering column housing accommodating the steering column, the locking device comprising:
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a first toothed surface fixed to one component;
a second toothed surface fixed to the other component, the first toothed surface and the second toothed surface each having at least one row of teeth with a plurality of teeth arranged next to one another, the second toothed surface being brought into engagement with first toothed surface;
magnetic forces associated with said toothed surfaces for mutually repelling facing free tips of the teeth of the two rows. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A locking device and height-adjustable and tilt-adjustable motor vehicle steering column component combination, the combination comprising:
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a fixed component fixed on a bracket stationarily connected to a body of a motor vehicle;
a movable component displaceable in relation to said fixed component, said movable component being part of a steering column housing accommodating the steering column; and
a locking device including a first toothed surface fixed to said fixed component, a second toothed surface fixed to said movable component, said first toothed surface and said second toothed surface each having at least one row of teeth with a plurality of teeth arranged next to one another, said second toothed surface being brought into engagement with first toothed surface and with magnetic forces associated with said toothed surfaces for mutually repelling facing free tips of the teeth.
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