Daimler Chrysler Ag

Daimler Ag

Ina Schaeffler Kg

Hans Kluemper

Holger Kittler

Carsten Sass

Alexander Zernickel

Harald Hochmuth

Thomas Dirnberger

Karsten Braeuer

Hanno Lox

Jens Bohlen

Sven Sagner

Heiko Holst

Guido Grimsmann

Christian Bastein

Rainer Wilken

Philip Bockshammer

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

A safety steering column for a motor vehicle, with a casing tube which is arranged concentrically to a steering shaft and is fastened to the vehicle body and which, in the event of an axial impact action, can be shortened while at the same time absorbing energy. The casing tube consists of two casing-tube parts and the displacement force between the two casing-tube parts can be set. Arrange between the two casing-tube parts is a connecting element which is fastened to one of the casing-tube parts and is pressed with a predetermined force into a groove introduced into the other casing-tube part.

Safety steering column

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Voegelsen, Germany

Hans Kluemper