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Safety steering column, motor vehicle with a safety system and safety method

  • US 7,080,855 B2
  • Filed: 06/10/2003
  • Issued: 07/25/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/11/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a safety steering system for a motor vehicle including a carriage coupled to a steering column in non-rotary fashion for adjustment of the steering column in its axial direction and a load absorber coupled to the carriage and fixed to the vehicle whereby the steering column can move axially responsive to a vehicle crash and a driver striking the steering column the improvement comprising a sensor to sense driver data, a mechanism mounted on the carriage for initiating decoupling of the carriage from the load absorber to enable the steering column to move axially more easily away from the driver in case of a crash, and a control for the mechanism that is conditioned by the sensed driver data for activating the mechanism responsive to predetermined driver data.

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