Steering column mounting bracket with pull loops
    1.
    发明授权
    Steering column mounting bracket with pull loops 有权
    带拉环的转向柱安装支架

    公开(公告)号:US06170873B2

    公开(公告)日:2001-01-09

    申请号:US09281104

    申请日:1999-03-29

    IPC分类号: B62D118

    CPC分类号: B62D1/195

    摘要: Apparatus for supporting a steering column of an automotive vehicle includes a mounting bracket secured to the steering column. Upper fasteners rigidly secured to vehicle support structure extend through longitudinally extending upper slots in the mounting bracket. Lower fasteners rigidly secured to the vehicle support structure extend through longitudinally extending lower slots in the mounting bracket. The connection of the fasteners in the slots of the mounting bracket releases in response to longitudinal collapse of the steering column in a frontal impact. The vehicle support structure overlies the mounting bracket to resist upward displacement of the mounting bracket when the steering column collapses. Pull loop assemblies are associated with the lower fasteners. Each pull loop assembly includes a generally U-shaped strap of flexible, bendable material having a first leg connected to one of the lower fasteners. Each strap has a second leg which is unattached. Each strap has a return bent intermediate portion extending over a fixed support frame on the mounting bracket so that when the bracket collapses with the steering column, the straps will unwind around and be pulled over the fixed support frame and thereby resist such collapse and absorb energy.

    摘要翻译: 用于支撑机动车辆的转向柱的装置包括固定到转向柱的安装支架。 刚性固定到车辆支撑结构的上紧固件延伸穿过安装支架中的纵向延伸的上槽。 刚性地固定到车辆支撑结构的下紧固件延伸穿过安装支架中的纵向延伸的下槽。 紧固件在安装支架的槽中的连接响应于前冲击中的转向柱的纵向塌陷而释放。 当转向柱塌陷时,车辆支撑结构覆盖安装支架以抵抗安装支架的向上位移。 拉环组件与下部紧固件相关联。 每个拉环组件包括柔性可弯曲材料的大致U形带,其具有连接到下部紧固件之一的第一腿部。 每个皮带都有一个未连接的第二条腿。 每个带子具有延伸在安装支架上的固定支撑框架上的返回弯曲中间部分,使得当支架与转向柱收缩时,带子将退绕并被拉过固定支撑框架,从而抵抗这种塌陷并吸收能量 。

    Energy absorbing support system for a vehicle steering mechanism
    3.
    发明授权
    Energy absorbing support system for a vehicle steering mechanism 有权
    用于车辆转向机构的能量吸收支撑系统

    公开(公告)号:US06439607B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-08-27

    申请号:US09693598

    申请日:2000-10-20

    IPC分类号: B62D119

    CPC分类号: B62D1/195 F16F7/123

    摘要: A vehicle steering mechanism can be supported for controlled collapse in crash situations, by constructing the support mechanism as a rigid assembly having a metal die casting as a principal component. The rigid die casting transmits a shock force from the vehicle steering wheel to shearable fasteners that connect the die casting to a mounting structure on the vehicle. Undesired resilience or spring in the steering shaft support mechanism is eliminated, such that the system has a desired predictability in frontal crash situations.

    摘要翻译: 通过将支撑机构构造为具有金属压铸件作为主要部件的刚性组件,可以支持车辆转向机构用于在碰撞情况下的可控塌陷。 刚性压铸将来自车辆方向盘的冲击力传递到将压铸件连接到车辆上的安装结构的可剪切紧固件。 消除了转向轴支撑机构中不期​​望的弹性或弹簧,使得系统在正面碰撞情况下具有期望的可预测性。