Steering mounting arrangement for automotive vehicle featuring i

Details Steering mounting arrangement for automotive vehicle featuring i Steering mounting arrangement for automotive vehicle featuring i

1988-09-19

1990-01-23

Bertsch, Richard A.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Running gear

74492, B62D 118

Patent

active

048953903

ABSTRACT:
In order to move a steering wheel about a large radius to a safe position during a head on collision or the like, the steering column is supported on a first stay which is resistant to bending and which is connected to the dashpanel which separates the engine room and the passenger compartment, at a level lower than the center of the steering wheel. A second stay is connected to the first in a manner which defines a triangular arrangement which, when the dashpanel is deformed, tends to rotate about the location the first stay is connected to the dashpanel. The upper end of the first stay is detachably connected to the structural panels of the vehicle by a "snap off" type releasably connection which permits the bracket to move vertically upon the application of a force in excess of the predetermined magnitude.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4452096 (1984-06-01), Workman
patent: 4718296 (1988-01-01), Hyodo
patent: 4746144 (1988-05-01), Kulczyk

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