Thyssenkrupp Presta Ag

Johnson Controls Technology Company

Thyssen Krupp Ag

Johnson Controls Gmbh, Industriestr.

Johnson Controls Gmbh

Carsten Manneck

Markus Zörnack

Mark Hirt

Viktor Arbanas

Max Oertle

Peter Seyfried

Christian Dornscheidt

Alfred Mai

Paul Angenheister

Michael Maag

Jochen Zimmermann

Martin Hinz

Norberto Silva

Matthias Hein

Thomas Beer

Klaus Kierspel

Hieronymus Schnitzer

Sebastian Regner

Stefan Sawall

A steering column for a motor vehicle may include a supporting unit and a displacement unit. The supporting unit may be connectable to a chassis of the motor vehicle, and the displacement unit may be displaceable relative to the supporting unit along a displacement path in a crash event. The steering column may further include an energy absorption element positioned between the supporting unit and the displacement unit. In a crash event, the energy absorption element may absorb energy over the displacement path. In some examples, the energy absorption element includes local laser solidifications that help control an energy absorption level of the energy absorption element.

Steering column for a motor vehicle

An arrangement for securing a steering column to a cross member, in particular to a cockpit carrying member, of a motor vehicle, includes a steering column with retaining means. This arrangement makes it possible on the one hand with simple means to secure the steering column to the cross member of the motor vehicle and, on the other hand, with a further reduction in costs and weight, to enable a high degree of flexibility in relation to the use of the cross member and the steering column for different motor vehicles, by including a cross member that has, for securing the steering column, at least one hole running transverse to the longitudinal direction of the cross member for at least one securing means, and retaining means of the steering column wherein the retaining means are secured by at least one securing means to the cross member.

Arrangement for securing of a steering column of a motor vehicle

A hybrid cross bar is provided, such as for supporting a vehicle dash board. The cross bar is supported, directly or indirectly, on at least one body location of the vehicle by a deformation element. The deformation element has a first sub-region enclosed by a plastic encapsulation. A second sub-region of the deformation element has a deformation region outside of the plastic encapsulation.

Hybrid cross bar for a vehicle and method for producing and for installing a hybrid cross bar

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Feldkirch, Austria

Carsten Manneck