Machine element or mechanism – Control lever and linkage systems – Hand operated
Patent
1990-12-21
1991-12-10
Herrmann, Allan D.
Machine element or mechanism
Control lever and linkage systems
Hand operated
74493, 74498, 280775, 280777, 188375, B62D 118, F16F 712
Patent
active
050707418
ABSTRACT:
A collapsible steering column arrangement for a vehicle is disclosed which comprises a pair of offset shafts and an extrudable housing. One of the shafts is generally fixed with respect to the vehicle and includes a first gear, a second gear and the other shaft includes in rotational driving engagement with the first gear on the one shaft for steering the vehicle and is movable with respect to the one shaft in response to an axial load imposed on the steering column arrangement. The energy of the axial load is absorbed when the second gear extrudes through the housing. In an alternative embodiment, one of the shafts includes a first gear and the other shaft includes a second gear in rotational driving engagement with the first gear to transfer rotation between the shafts, one of the gears having teeth with a width greater than the teeth of the other gear to allow the length of the steering column to be adjusted according to the driver's preference.
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Coppiellie Raymond L.
Ford Motor Company
Herrmann Allan D.
Krolikowski Julie
Sadler Clifford L.
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