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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Benoît Duval, Vendome, FR;
Abdel Karim Ben Rhouma, Vendome, FR;
Assignee:
Nacam France SA, Vendome, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/11 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/11 ;
Abstract
A modulatable energy absorption device for an automobile vehicle steering column includes a number of coils of particular section, a mobile support guided by a fixed support fastened to the vehicle and locked to the fixed support with a particular clamping force, the coils being each connected to a retaining pin and to an attachment pin consisting of a fixed holding rod and two mobile holding rods moved along their axis by a pyrotechnic actuator so as to uncoil one or more coils in the event of an impact.