Energy absorbing steering assembly

Details Energy absorbing steering assembly Energy absorbing steering assembly

1993-06-07

1994-08-30

Rice, Kenneth R.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Running gear

180 78, 74492, B62D 111

Patent

active

053420918

ABSTRACT:
A vehicle crash energy absorbing mechanism incorporated in a steering column structure mountable to a breakaway mounting, the structure including an inner steering shaft which is drivably coupled by a splined arrangement to an outer shaft. The inner shaft has an energy absorption member in the form of a tube which surrounds a pin which is mounted diametrically through the inner shaft. A crash induced force on the column structure causes the outer shaft to be forced relatively towards the tube, thereby inducing an interaction between the pin and tube, the latter being deformed thereby to achieve the requisite energy absorption. In an alternative embodiment, the splined outer shaft itself acts as the absorption energy member, the pin deforming the splined arrangement.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3392599 (1968-07-01), White
patent: 3461740 (1969-08-01), Tajima et al.
patent: 3851542 (1974-12-01), Adams et al.
patent: 4098141 (1978-07-01), Yamaguchi

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