Steering system for vehicle

Details Steering system for vehicle Steering system for vehicle

1995-05-09

1997-05-06

Dickson, Paul N.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Running gear

B62D 119

Patent

active

056263643

ABSTRACT:
In a steering system, a shaft unit is rotatably supported by a dashboard via a bearing member. When a vehicle hits against something or another vehicle, the bearing member frees the shaft unit from the dashboard. The bearing member includes a bearing and two brackets holding front and rear sides of the bearing. One of the brackets is attached to the dashboard. The brackets are disengaged from each other by a load applied by the collision of the vehicle, thereby freeing the shaft unit from the dashboard. The dashboard does not prevent the steering wheel and the freed shaft unit from moving toward a front part of the vehicle when a driver hits against the steering wheel due to inertia.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3457800 (1969-07-01), Toshida et al.
patent: 3468182 (1969-09-01), Shwartzberg
patent: 3827710 (1974-08-01), Connell et al.
patent: 4363499 (1982-12-01), Watanabe et al.

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