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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2002
Applicants:
Hans Kluemper, Hamburg, DE;
Hanno Lox, Elmshorn, DE;
Inventors:
Hans Kluemper, Hamburg, DE;
Hanno Lox, Elmshorn, DE;
Assignee:
DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 119 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A safety steering column for a motor vehicle, with a casing tube which is arranged concentrically to a steering shaft and is fastened to the vehicle body and which, in the event of an axial impact action, can be shortened while at the same time absorbing energy. The casing tube consists of two casing-tube parts and the displacement force between the two casing-tube parts can be set. Arrange between the two casing-tube parts is a connecting element which is fastened to one of the casing-tube parts and is pressed with a predetermined force into a groove introduced into the other casing-tube part.