Daimler Ag

Ina Schaeffler Kg

Carsten Sass

Holger Kittler

Hans Kluemper

Alexander Zernickel

Harald Hochmuth

Thomas Dirnberger

Karsten Braeuer

Jens Bohlen

Sven Sagner

Christian Bastein

Philip Bockshammer

Heiko Holst

Guido Grimsmann

Rainer Wilken

Hans Klümper

A steering column arrangement for motor vehicles with a vehicle-side console, on which an outer tube of a steering column carrying a steering shaft is attached in a releasable manner by means of a clamping device. The clamping device comprises at least one clamping wedge arrangement by which an increased holding force of the clamping device can be achieved during an axial displacement of the outer tube caused by an accident.

Steering column arrangement for motor vehicles

A clamping device includes a first clamping plate and a second clamping plate, the first clamping plate being rotatable between a released position and a clamped position in relation to the second clamping plate. The clamping device further includes a rolling body which establishes contact between the first and second clamping plates. The second clamping plate includes a clamping ramp with a contour for the rolling body so that when the clamping plates are rotated in relation to each other, the space between the clamping plates changes. The first clamping plate has a surface which forms a plane on which the rolling body rolls from the released position to the clamped position.

Clamping device for a steering column

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Hamburg, Germany

Carsten Sass