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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2019
Applicant:
Trw Automotive Gmbh, Alfdorf, DE;
Inventor:
Markus Lingemann, Bochum, DE;
Assignee:
ZF Automotive Germany GmbH, Alfdorf, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/19 (2006.01); F16F 7/12 (2006.01); B62D 1/189 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 7/123 (2013.01); B62D 1/189 (2013.01); B62D 1/192 (2013.01); F16F 7/128 (2013.01); F16F 2230/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
An energy absorption device for a vehicle steering column comprising a metal band and an adjustable deformation unit through which the metal band extends. The deformation unit is a rotatable hollow roller having a first contact surface inside the hollow roller that is separated from an outer contact surface by an outlet slot. The metal band passes through an inlet slot into the interior of the roller, and then through the outlet slot leaves the roller, in a manner that that said metal band is entirely deformed along an S-shaped curve.