Daimler Ag

Trw Automotive Electronics & Components Gmbh & Co. Kg

Markus Mauch

Axel Hebenstreit

Hans-Dieter Loeffler

Markus Altmann

Hans-Dieter LÖFFLER

The invention discloses a steering column arrangement that has a steering spindle and a casing tube enclosing the steering spindle, which may be mounted to be rotatable about a longitudinal axis relative to the casing tube, and also has a switch module, which has a housing and a fastening sleeve provided on the housing. The fastening sleeve is designed such that the switch module with the fastening sleeve can be mounted on the casing tube and can be securely clamped to the casing tube. The casing tube on an outer circumferential surface has at least one radial projection, and the fastening sleeve on an inner circumferential surface has at least one extending guide groove when viewed in the longitudinal direction. The radial projection engages the guide groove when the switch module is mounted on the casing tube.

Steering column assembly, casing tube for a steering column assembly, and vehicle having a steering column assembly

A steering column arrangement having a steering spindle () which is mounted in a casing tube () so as to be rotationally movable, and having a switch module () which is held immovably with respect to the steering spindle (). The switch module () is fixed radially and axially on the casing tube (), the switch module () being supported on a bearing () which is arranged on the steering spindle. The Switch module comprises a centering device () which, under action of a force (F) which is oriented coaxially with respect to the longitudinal axis (L) of the steering spindle (), fixes the switch module () on the casing tube ().

Steering column arrangement

A column tube switch module is radially and axially fixed to a column tube and is supported at the same time on a bearing arranged on the steering spindle. A centering device secures a stator radially to the column tube when a force is acting coaxially on the longitudinal axis of the steering spindle. A steering angle sensor is provided whose fixed part is connected to the stator-end bearing while its rotating part is held so as to be capable of being driven by the steering wheel hub.

Column tube switch module

A device () for fastening a component to a steering column jacket ('), comprises a fastening sleeve () and an equalizer () associated with the fastening sleeve (). The fastening sleeve () has at least one mounting section () and convexities () adjoining the mounting section (). The mounting section () has a first mounting cross-section to receive the steering column jacket (&#x2032;), and the equalizer () comprises equalizing jaws () laterally movable in the fastening sleeve (), which are movable between a first position in which they are received in the convexities (), and a second position in which they lie at least partially in the mounting section () and define a second mounting cross-section for the steering column jacket (&#x2032;), which is smaller than the first mounting cross-section.

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