Land vehicles – Wheeled – Running gear
Patent
1995-11-15
1997-03-04
Johnson, Brian L.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Running gear
74493, B62D 118
Patent
active
056071841
ABSTRACT:
An adjustable steering column construction in which a steering shaft is mounted within a column tube; a bracket having bracket members secures the tube to a vehicle; adjustment between tube and bracket is provided by slots preferably in antifriction elements; a clamping arrangement is provided which has a central clamping axis A which intersects the steering shaft axis B so that the clamping force to secure the tube relative to the bracket acts through the intersection resulting in a reduction of the downward extension of the construction including a clamping handle which preferably extends under the column tube.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4257624 (1981-03-01), Hansen
patent: 4541298 (1985-09-01), Strutt
patent: 5161425 (1992-11-01), Baskett et al.
English Peter C.
Johnson Brian L.
Minns Michael H.
The Torrington Company
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