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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 03, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Harald Donner, Meinerzhagen, DE;
Ralf Heinze, Ludenscheid, DE;
Meinolf Kathol, Finnentrop, DE;
Jorg Welschholz, Herscheid, DE;
Assignee:
Leopold Kostal GmbH & Co. KG, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
280775 ; 74493 ;
Abstract
A steering device for motor vehicles having a steering column positionable in the axial and/or radial direction, in each case over a preset displacement range, via at least one positioning device actuated by external force. Locking of the steering column is implementable by a positioning device such that, when the motor vehicle is switched off, the steering column is positioned thereby into a position lying outside the displacement range(s) in which a torsional force exerted on the steering column via the steering wheel is not transmittable to the steering gear.