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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2017
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Bruno Alves, Huerth, DE;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
The disclosure concerns a crumple element for a steering column. In order to provide a reliable, structurally simple steering column, according to the disclosure, it is provided that the crumple element has first and second connecting portions arranged axially at an end to connect adjacent steering column parts, and an interrupted crumple portion arranged in between the first and second connecting portions, and is able to deform by a threshold force acting axially, while the connecting portions are deformation-resistant to the threshold force. The crumple element is made integrally by additive production from metal. An end region of the first connecting portion facing the crumple portion has a first portion that protrudes axially relative to a second portion lying opposite the first portion transversely to the axial direction.