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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
May. 04, 2016
Thyssenkrupp Presta Ag, Eschen, LI;
Thyssenkrupp Ag, Essen, DE;
André Schädlich, Haag, CH;
THYSSENKRUPP PRESTA AG, Eschen, LI;
THYSSENKRUPP AG, Essen, DE;
Abstract
A steering column may include a sleeve unit in which a steering spindle rotatably mounted about a longitudinal axis, which sleeve unit is accommodated in a supporting unit so as to be displaceable in a longitudinal direction. An energy absorption device may be fitted between the supporting unit and the sleeve unit. The energy absorption device may include first and second bending elements that each comprise an elongate input limb positioned parallel to the longitudinal direction and connected at a free end to the supporting unit or the sleeve unit, and merges at another end into a bend to which a fixed limb is connected. The fixed limb may be connected to the other of the supporting unit or the sleeve unit. The second bending element may be formed in a mirror-inverted manner relative to the first bending element and may be positioned mirror-symmetrically adjacent to the first bending element.