Land vehicles – Wheeled – Running gear
Reexamination Certificate
2008-05-06
2008-05-06
Ilan, Ruth (Department: 3616)
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Running gear
C074S492000, C188S371000
Reexamination Certificate
active
11136102
ABSTRACT:
A steering column device comprises a bracket of the column body having mounting flanges with a cut-away groove opening in the backward direction of car body, a collar having a flange part and a cylindrical part, an elastically deformable ring which the cylindrical part of the collar can be inserted in, and a bolt for compressing the ring, putting the mounting flange of the column body between the ring and the flange part, thereby the steering column is mounted on the car body but allowed to be detached from the car body in the secondary collision.
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EP Communication transmitting “Partial European Search Report”, dated Jul. 12, 2005, for counterpart European Patent Application No. EP 05 01 1915.
Brown Drew J.
Ilan Ruth
NSK Ltd.
NSK Steering Systems Co., Ltd.
Sidley Austin LLP
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