Mounting arrangement for a safety steering column in a passenger

Details Mounting arrangement for a safety steering column in a passenger Mounting arrangement for a safety steering column in a passenger

1991-06-13

1992-12-08

Rice, Kenneth R.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Running gear

280784, B62D 111

Patent

active

051691728

ABSTRACT:
In the described embodiments, a telescoping safety steering column is supported by two mounts and is inclined to the horizontal so that a change in distance between the steering column mounts upon collision will normally cause a change of position of the steering wheel and/or a steeper inclination of the steering column centerline. To avoid this, a rearwardly inclined control member is connected at a lower end to an inclined floorboard and at its upper end to the support for the lower part of the steering column, thereby transmitting relative rearward motion of the floorboard to the lower steering column mount and forcing the latter upward. Thus, the steering column centerline always remains at the same inclination.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4337967 (1982-07-01), Yoshida et al.
patent: 4655475 (1987-04-01), Van Gelderen
patent: 4895390 (1990-01-01), Fujikawa et al.

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