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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2002
Carsten Fuchs, Chemnitz, DE;
Friedrich Pieper, Töging, DE;
Patrik Jaillant, Feldkirch-Tisis, AT;
Günther Wagner, Röthis, AT;
Other;
Abstract
A lock for irrotationally locking a motor-vehicle steering column enclosed by a tubular housing, the lock including a lock element displaceable to-and-fro between a locked and a released position and further a drive motor driving the locking element. For greater compactness, to offer enhanced security against theft, and to leave unhampered the telescoping of the steering pillar composed of steering column and tubular housing, further to reduce the danger of knee injury in case of accident, the locking element is mounted in the vicinity of the steering-wheel side end of the steering column inside the tubular housing, and the drive motor is mounted next to the foot-space side end of the steering column, and the drive motor cooperates with the locking element through a connecting element arrange inside the tubular housing.