LOCKING DEVICE FOR AN ADJUSTABLE STEERING COLUMN FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE

    公开(公告)号:US20180037249A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-02-08

    申请号:US15554030

    申请日:2016-02-02

    CPC classification number: B62D1/184 B62D1/189 F16F7/06

    Abstract: A locking device for an adjustable steering column for a motor vehicle may include an actuating shaft that is mounted such that it can be rotated about a rotational axis, that is connected to an operative element of a clamping device, and that is coupled to a rotor of a rotational damper. The rotor may be mounted rotatably in a housing and may be capable of being driven rotationally about a rotor axis by the actuating shaft. A rotational movement of the rotor may be damped in at least one rotational direction. The rotor may have at least one blade that projects radially with regard to the rotor axis and that has a contact face that makes frictional contact with a contact track on an inner face of the housing. Such a locking device has an improved rotational damper, is less complicated to manufacture, and has high acceptance in automotive engineering.

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