Clamping mechanism for fixing a steering column housing

Details Clamping mechanism for fixing a steering column housing Clamping mechanism for fixing a steering column housing

1987-04-23

1988-12-06

Staab, Lawrence

Machine element or mechanism

Control lever and linkage systems

Hand operated

74591, 4034081, 411535, B62D 118

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047888806

ABSTRACT:
Clamping mechanism for a steering column housing adjustable perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the steering column, the mechanism comprising a clamping bolt and a lever with which the bolt can be tensioned and the column housing fixed, and a spring-loaded element between housing and bolt, the lever (10) and the bolt (4) being coupled by pins (18) whose center lines cross that of the bolt (4) when it is in released condition, the pins being provided between a cup (16) fixed to the bolt and the lever, the pins being longer than the distance, measured in longitudinal direction, between cup and lever in released condition of the bolt and a certain degree of tilting of the pins on their supporting points being possible.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2896293 (1959-07-01), Love
patent: 4041796 (1977-08-01), Shishido
patent: 4244237 (1981-01-01), Sprunger
patent: 4363499 (1982-12-01), Watanabe et al.
patent: 4541298 (1985-09-01), Strutt

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