发明授权
US08375822B2 Energy absorbing device for a collapsible steering column assembly
有权
用于可折叠转向柱组件的能量吸收装置
- 专利标题: Energy absorbing device for a collapsible steering column assembly
- 专利标题(中): 用于可折叠转向柱组件的能量吸收装置
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申请号: US12790782申请日: 2010-05-28
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公开(公告)号: US08375822B2公开(公告)日: 2013-02-19
- 发明人: Jason R. Ridgway , Albert Clifford Huber
- 申请人: Jason R. Ridgway , Albert Clifford Huber
- 申请人地址: US MI Saginaw
- 专利权人: Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation
- 当前专利权人: Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation
- 当前专利权人地址: US MI Saginaw
- 代理机构: Cantor Colburn LLP
- 主分类号: B62D1/18
- IPC分类号: B62D1/18
摘要:
A collapsible steering column assembly includes a mounting bracket configured for mounting to a vehicle, the bracket having a front portion and a back portion, the front portion comprising a pair of spaced arms, each arm having an inner surface that opposes the inner surface of the other and an opposed outer surface. The assembly also includes a steering column having a longitudinal axis and comprising an inner jacket that is slidably disposed within the outer jacket between the spaced arms. The assembly further includes a locking device that passes through the spaced arms and the outer jacket, the locking device movable to lock or unlock the slidable disposition of the inner jacket within the outer jacket. Still further, the assembly includes an energy absorbing device comprising an energy absorbing strap that is fixed to the inner jacket at a first portion thereof and slidably disposed within the outer jacket.