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Patent No.:

US 9676149 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 17, 2014

Steering columns for a motor vehicle and methods for manufacturing same

Applicant:

Thyssenkrupp Presta Ag, Eschen, LI;

Inventors:

Thomas Heitz, Mauren, LI;

Sebastian Regner, Lindau, DE;

Arne Schacht, Feldkirch, AT;

Assignee:

THYSSENKRUPP PRESTA AG, Eschen, LI;

Attorney:

thyssenkrupp North America, Inc.

Primary Examiner:

Drew J Brown

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/38 (2006.01); B29C 53/56 (2006.01); B62D 1/16 (2006.01); B29C 70/68 (2006.01); B29C 33/48 (2006.01); B29C 70/30 (2006.01); B29C 70/34 (2006.01); B29C 70/16 (2006.01); B29C 70/32 (2006.01); B29C 70/48 (2006.01); B29C 70/86 (2006.01); B29C 53/80 (2006.01); B29K 105/08 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01); B29K 105/00 (2006.01); B29K 105/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/382 (2013.01); B29C 33/485 (2013.01); B29C 53/564 (2013.01); B29C 70/16 (2013.01); B29C 70/30 (2013.01); B29C 70/32 (2013.01); B29C 70/345 (2013.01); B29C 70/38 (2013.01); B29C 70/48 (2013.01); B29C 70/68 (2013.01); B29C 70/86 (2013.01); B62D 1/16 (2013.01); B29C 53/8066 (2013.01); B29K 2105/0058 (2013.01); B29K 2105/089 (2013.01); B29K 2105/10 (2013.01); B29K 2105/25 (2013.01); B29L 2031/30 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3055 (2013.01);
Abstract

A steering-column assembly for a motor vehicle may include a steering spindle rotatably mounted in a steering-column tube, which steering-column tube is mounted in a console that connects the steering-column directly or indirectly to a body of the motor vehicle. At least one of the components of the steering-column, such as the console, for example, may include a fiber composite component that can be formed by winding fibers along tracks of a winding spool of a winding core, introducing a curable resin into the fibers or a mold to be used with the wound fibers, curing the wound fibers, and removing the winding spool and the winding core so as to release the fiber composite component. The fiber composite component may then be fitted into the steering column assembly.

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