Land vehicles – Wheeled – Running gear
Patent
1998-12-17
2000-11-07
Rice, Kenneth R.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Running gear
B62D 119
Patent
active
061425230
ABSTRACT:
A profile steering spindle of a motor vehicle has a telescopic profile piece, which can be displaced in the axial direction by an adjusting tube, and into which project a first profile piece close to the steering wheel and a second profile piece remote from the steering wheel, intended for retaining a steering wheel. During axial displacements, the second profile piece remote from the steering wheel can be displaced relative to the telescopic profile piece by an adjusting tube without expenditure of force. The first profile piece close to the steering wheel is connected to the telescopic profile piece by means of bending lugs. If the driver of the motor vehicle strikes the steering wheel, the bending lugs are held by the telescopic profile piece, and the first profile piece close to the steering wheel is torn. The kinetic energy is thereby absorbed.
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Bathis Peter
Grabis Raimund
Farber Martin A.
Mannesmann VDO AG
Rice Kenneth R.
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