Machine element or mechanism – Control lever and linkage systems – Hand operated
Patent
1976-11-18
1978-05-02
Hermann, Allan D.
Machine element or mechanism
Control lever and linkage systems
Hand operated
64 11F, 280777, B62D 118, F16D 110
Patent
active
040868257
ABSTRACT:
There is provided a steering column assembly in which the steering shaft comprises upper and lower sections, one end of the lower shaft section being adapted to be connected to a steering gear box and one end of the upper section being adapted to be connected to a steering wheel. The other ends of the two steering shaft sections are connected together by an axially slidable joint. A collapsible tube is mounted on the upper section of the steering shaft and the arrangement being such that, in use, in the event of an impact load upon the steering wheel the connection between the sections of the steering shaft is disengaged and the tube collapses whereby energy is absorbed.
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Badcock Sidney C.
Dreissiger Joseph L.
Holby Brian J.
Pardy Ronald P.
Ford Motor Company
Hermann Allan D.
Sadler Clifford L.
Zerschling Keith L.
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