Land vehicles – Wheeled – Running gear
Patent
1994-05-24
1996-04-30
Focarino, Margaret A.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Running gear
188371, 74492, B62D 119
Patent
active
055118232
ABSTRACT:
An impact absorbing type steering column apparatus with a motorized power steering device secures an amount of displacement in a secondary collision in spite of the presence of a housing for supporting an electric motor. A housing fixed to the fore end portion of the steering column is supported on a vehicle body by an energy absorbing member. During a secondary collision, the energy absorbing member permits the forward displacement of the steering shaft and steering column while being plastically deformed. When the distance between a first and a second universal joint is shortened with the displacement, the full length of a transmission shaft is shortened.
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Matsumoto Sakae
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English Peter C.
Focarino Margaret A.
NSK Ltd.
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