Telescoping steering column assembly and method of manufacturing the assembly
    1.
    发明授权
    Telescoping steering column assembly and method of manufacturing the assembly 失效
    伸缩式转向柱组件及其制造方法

    公开(公告)号:US07556293B2

    公开(公告)日:2009-07-07

    申请号:US11395346

    申请日:2006-03-31

    IPC分类号: B62D1/18 B21D53/88

    摘要: A telescoping steering column assembly and method of manufacturing the assembly are disclosed. The assembly includes an outer jacket defining at least one hole and a central axis. An inner jacket is disposed in the outer jacket and slides relative to the outer jacket along the central axis. A plug having a body portion and a flange extending radially outwardly from the body portion is disposed in the hole of the outer jacket. The plug defines at least one channel and the plug is heated to create a molten material that flows into the channel of the plug for securing the plug within the hole to prevent movement of the plug along the central axis and for aligning the inner jacket within the outer jacket to allow the inner jacket to slide within the outer jacket.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种伸缩转向柱组件及其制造方法。 组件包括限定至少一个孔和中心轴的外护套。 内护套设置在外护套中并沿着中心轴线相对于外护套滑动。 具有主体部分和从主体部分径向向外延伸的凸缘的插头设置在外护套的孔中。 插头限定至少一个通道,并且插头被加热以产生流入插头的通道中的熔融材料,用于将插头固定在孔内,以防止插头沿着中心轴移动并且用于使内护套对准内 外护套,以允许内护套在外护套内滑动。

    Sleeve bearing for collapsible steering column
    2.
    发明授权
    Sleeve bearing for collapsible steering column 失效
    用于可折叠转向柱的套筒轴承

    公开(公告)号:US08127639B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-03-06

    申请号:US11204505

    申请日:2005-08-16

    摘要: A telescopically collapsible vehicular steering column assembly includes inner and outer shaft tubes which are joined in a sliding fit by a bushing. The bushing includes a pair of spaced journal bearings formed of steel-backed PTFE held in a plastic carrier body. The bushing is located in a receiving chamber in the outer shaft tube. A clearance compensator reacts against the receiving chamber to exert a radial compressive force through the carrier body and the journal bearings to improve the sliding fit with the inner shaft tube and remove lash. The clearance compensator can take any form, such as a hollow annular rib, a skirt with a flexible free end, or an array of nubs carried in thinned sections of the carrier body. The clearance compensator in all of these variations operates within a clearance space and has dimensional attributes which can be changed during the design and manufacturing phases of the bushing to optimize a characteristic of the steering column assembly. The optimized characteristic may be the sliding friction between the inner and outer shaft tubes, or the stiffness of the assembled column which affects its vibrational frequency, or other value.

    摘要翻译: 可伸缩的可折叠的车辆转向柱组件包括通过衬套以滑动配合接合的内轴管和外轴管。 衬套包括一对隔开的轴颈轴承,该轴颈轴承由保持在塑料载体主体中的钢背PTFE形成。 衬套位于外轴管中的接收室中。 间隙补偿器对接收室作出反应,以通过承载体和轴颈轴承施加径向压缩力,以改善与内轴管的滑动配合并去除间隙。 间隙补偿器可以采取任何形式,例如中空的环形肋,具有柔性自由端的裙部,或者承载在承载体的薄化部分中的一排衬套。 所有这些变化中的间隙补偿器在间隙空间内操作,并且具有能够在套管的设计和制造阶段期间改变的尺寸属性,以优化转向柱组件的特性。 优化的特性可以是内轴管和外轴管之间的滑动摩擦力,或者组装的柱的刚度影响其振动频率或其他值。

    Steering column assembly having an actuation mechanism for telescoping and tilting movement
    3.
    发明授权
    Steering column assembly having an actuation mechanism for telescoping and tilting movement 失效
    转向柱组件具有用于伸缩和倾斜运动的致动机构

    公开(公告)号:US07743681B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-06-29

    申请号:US11732641

    申请日:2007-04-04

    IPC分类号: B62D1/18

    CPC分类号: B62D1/184

    摘要: A steering column assembly for a vehicle includes a support bracket and a column jacket coupled to the support bracket. A compression bracket is mounted to the column jacket. A clamping device is disposed on the support bracket and has a rake bolt extending through the support bracket and the compression bracket for applying a frictional force on the support bracket to prevent telescoping and tilting movement of the column jacket and the compression bracket relative to the support bracket. An actuation mechanism is coupled to the support bracket. The actuation mechanism rotates the rake bolt in a first direction to prevent telescoping and tilting movement of the column jacket. Likewise, the actuation mechanism rotates the rake bolt in a second direction to permit telescoping movement of the column jacket and the compression bracket relative to the actuation mechanism and the support bracket and tilting movement.

    摘要翻译: 用于车辆的转向柱组件包括支撑托架和联接到支撑托架的柱护套。 压缩支架安装在柱套上。 夹持装置设置在支撑托架上,并且具有延伸穿过支撑托架和压缩支架的前叉,用于在支撑托架上施加摩擦力,以防止柱护套和压缩支架相对于支撑件的伸缩和倾斜运动 托架。 致动机构联接到支撑支架。 致动机构使耙螺栓沿第一方向旋转,以防止柱套的伸缩和倾斜运动。 同样地,致动机构使耙螺栓沿第二方向旋转,以允许柱护套和压缩支架相对于致动机构和支撑支架的伸缩运动和倾斜运动。

    Steering column assembly comprising a bushing assembly of elongated pins
    4.
    发明申请
    Steering column assembly comprising a bushing assembly of elongated pins 审中-公开
    转向柱组件包括细长销的衬套组件

    公开(公告)号:US20080196534A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-08-21

    申请号:US11708207

    申请日:2007-02-20

    IPC分类号: B62D1/16

    CPC分类号: B62D1/185 B62D1/16 B62D1/184

    摘要: A bushing assembly for a steering column assembly is provided. The steering column assembly includes an outer jacket defining a bore extending along a longitudinal axis. An inner jacket is disposed within the bore of the outer jacket. The bushing assembly is disposed between the outer jacket and the inner jacket to remove the lash between the outer jacket and the inner jacket. The bushing assembly includes a plurality of elongated split-pins partially disposed in a plurality of channels defined by the outer jacket. The elongated split-pins are transversely compressible relative to the longitudinal axis to bias against the inner jacket, thereby removing the lash.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于转向柱组件的衬套组件。 转向柱组件包括限定沿纵向轴线延伸的孔的外护套。 内护套设置在外护套的孔内。 衬套组件设置在外护套和内护套之间以去除外护套和内护套之间的间隙。 衬套组件包括部分地设置在由外护套限定的多个通道中的多个细长的分开销。 细长的分开销相对于纵向轴线是可横向压缩的,以偏压内套,从而去除睫毛。

    Steering column assembly
    5.
    发明申请
    Steering column assembly 失效
    转向柱总成

    公开(公告)号:US20070284867A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-12-13

    申请号:US11448222

    申请日:2006-06-07

    IPC分类号: B62D1/18

    摘要: An adjustable steering column assembly includes a steering column with an outer jacket moveable along an axis. An instrument panel is coupled to the outer jacket. An instrument panel hood is connected to the instrument panel and the outer jacket. A support bracket includes a pair of support arms including flanges, with a first mounting component and a second mounting component connected to the flanges. The outer jacket is slideably coupled to the first mounting component and the instrument panel is slideably coupled to the second mounting component. The support bracket is pivotable about a pivot axis between an upper limit and a lower limit. A spring is attached to the support bracket for biasing the support bracket toward the upper limit. Coordinated movement between the instrument panel and the outer jacket is possible and the load from the instrument panel is diverted from the outer jacket to the support bracket.

    摘要翻译: 可调节转向柱组件包括具有可沿轴线移动的外护套的转向柱。 仪表板联接到外护套。 仪表板罩连接到仪表板和外护套。 支撑托架包括一对包括凸缘的支撑臂,其具有连接到凸缘的第一安装部件和第二安装部件。 外护套可滑动地联接到第一安装部件,并且仪表板可滑动地联接到第二安装部件。 支撑托架围绕枢转轴线在上限和下限之间枢转。 弹簧附接到支撑支架上,用于将支撑支架偏压到上限。 仪表板和外护套之间的协调运动是可能的,并且来自仪表板的负载从外护套转移到支撑架。

    Central lock device of an adjustable steering column assembly
    6.
    发明授权
    Central lock device of an adjustable steering column assembly 有权
    可调转向柱总成的中央锁紧装置

    公开(公告)号:US07640824B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-01-05

    申请号:US11803525

    申请日:2007-05-15

    IPC分类号: B62D1/18

    CPC分类号: B62D1/184

    摘要: An adjustable steering column assembly of a vehicle has a central lock device for selectably locking an adjustable steering housing and co-extending steering shaft to a stationary bracket or chassis. For driver convenience and comfort, the steering housing and shaft are together adjustable with respect to the bracket. The lock device has a roller actuator preferably having inner outer members with a lever supported operably in between by a guide feature for movement along a first centerline substantially parallel to the steering shaft. Preferably, cam couplers are located between the outer member and the lever and the inner member and the lever for converting movement of the lever along the centerline to longitudinal movement of a carrier that traverses the centerline.

    摘要翻译: 车辆的可调节转向柱组件具有中央锁定装置,用于可选择性地将可调节转向壳体和共同延伸的转向轴锁定到固定支架或底盘。 为了驾驶员的便利性和舒适性,转向壳体和轴可以相对于支架一起可调。 锁定装置具有优选地具有内部外部构件的滚子致动器,所述滚子致动器具有可操作地支撑在其间的杠杆,所述杠杆通过引导构件沿着基本上平行于转向轴的第一中心线移动。 优选地,凸轮联接器位于外部构件和杠杆之间,并且内部构件和杠杆用于将杠杆沿着中心线的运动转换成穿过中心线的托架的纵向移动。

    Releasable push/pull lock device of an adjustable steering column assembly
    7.
    发明授权
    Releasable push/pull lock device of an adjustable steering column assembly 失效
    可调转向柱组件的可释放的推/拉锁装置

    公开(公告)号:US07621197B2

    公开(公告)日:2009-11-24

    申请号:US11726216

    申请日:2007-03-21

    IPC分类号: B62D1/16

    CPC分类号: B62D1/184 Y10T74/2069

    摘要: A steering column assembly of a vehicle has a releasable push/pull lock device for selectably locking an adjustable steering housing and co-extending steering shaft to a stationary bracket or chassis. For driver convenience and comfort, the steering housing and shaft are together adjustable with respect to the bracket. The lock device has a toggle apparatus having a push/pull lever that may extend substantially parallel to a rotating axis of the steering shaft and move in a first direction along its length and between locked and unlocked positions. A carrier of the device connects to the toggle apparatus and moves along its length in a second direction that may be perpendicular to the first direction and as the lever moves between the locked and unlocked positions. Preferably, an indexing apparatus is generally carried between the carrier and at least one of the housing and the bracket for selecting adjustment of the steering column assembly when the device is in the unlocked position.

    摘要翻译: 车辆的转向柱组件具有可释放的推/拉锁定装置,用于可选择性地将可调节转向壳体和共同延伸的转向轴锁定到固定支架或底盘。 为了驾驶员的便利性和舒适性,转向壳体和轴可以相对于支架一起可调。 锁定装置具有肘杆装置,其具有推/拉杆,该推/拉杆可以基本上平行于转向轴的旋转轴线延伸并沿其长度在锁定位置和解锁位置之间沿第一方向移动。 该装置的载体连接到肘节装置并且沿着其长度可沿着可以垂直于第一方向的第二方向移动,并且当该杆在锁定位置和解锁位置之间移动时。 优选地,分度装置通常承载在承载件和壳体和支架中的至少一个之间,用于当装置处于未锁定位置时选择转向柱组件的调节。

    Steering column assembly
    8.
    发明授权
    Steering column assembly 失效
    转向柱总成

    公开(公告)号:US07497472B2

    公开(公告)日:2009-03-03

    申请号:US11448222

    申请日:2006-06-07

    IPC分类号: B62D1/18

    摘要: An adjustable steering column assembly includes a steering column with an outer jacket moveable along an axis. An instrument panel is coupled to the outer jacket. An instrument panel hood is connected to the instrument panel and the outer jacket. A support bracket includes a pair of support arms including flanges, with a first mounting component and a second mounting component connected to the flanges. The outer jacket is slideably coupled to the first mounting component and the instrument panel is slideably coupled to the second mounting component. The support bracket is pivotable about a pivot axis between an upper limit and a lower limit. A spring is attached to the support bracket for biasing the support bracket toward the upper limit. Coordinated movement between the instrument panel and the outer jacket is possible and the load from the instrument panel is diverted from the outer jacket to the support bracket.

    摘要翻译: 可调节转向柱组件包括具有可沿轴线移动的外护套的转向柱。 仪表板联接到外护套。 仪表板罩连接到仪表板和外护套。 支撑托架包括一对包括凸缘的支撑臂,其具有连接到凸缘的第一安装部件和第二安装部件。 外护套可滑动地联接到第一安装部件,并且仪表板可滑动地联接到第二安装部件。 支撑托架围绕枢转轴线在上限和下限之间枢转。 弹簧附接到支撑支架上,用于将支撑支架偏压到上限。 仪表板和外护套之间的协调运动是可能的,并且来自仪表板的负载从外护套转移到支撑架。

    Central lock device of an adjustable steering column assembly
    9.
    发明申请
    Central lock device of an adjustable steering column assembly 失效
    可调转向柱总成的中央锁紧装置

    公开(公告)号:US20080229865A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-09-25

    申请号:US11726207

    申请日:2007-03-21

    IPC分类号: B62D1/18

    CPC分类号: B62D1/184

    摘要: An adjustable steering column assembly of a vehicle has a central lock device for selectably locking an adjustable steering housing and co-extending steering shaft to a stationary bracket or chassis. For driver convenience and comfort, the steering housing and shaft are together adjustable with respect to the bracket. The lock device has an actuator preferably having an outer member supported operably by a guide feature carried between the outer member and the bracket for movement along a first centerline traverse to the steering shaft. The bracket also supports a lever of the actuator for movement along a second centerline that intersects the first centerline. At least one roller is located in a raceway defined between the outer member and the lever. Because the raceway is angled with respect to both the first and second centerlines, motion of the lever along the second centerline is converted to motion of the second member along the traversing first centerline.

    摘要翻译: 车辆的可调节转向柱组件具有中央锁定装置,用于可选择性地将可调节转向壳体和共同延伸的转向轴锁定到固定支架或底盘。 为了驾驶员的便利性和舒适性,转向壳体和轴可以相对于支架一起可调。 锁定装置具有致动器,优选地具有外部构件,外部构件通过承载在外部构件和支架之间的引导特征可操作地支撑,以沿着第一中心线横移到转向轴。 支架还支撑致动器的杠杆,沿着与第一中心线相交的第二中心线移动。 至少一个辊子位于限定在外部构件和杠杆之间的滚道中。 由于滚道相对于第一和第二中心线成角度,所以杠杆沿着第二中心线的运动被转换为第二构件沿着横穿第一中心线的运动。

    Energy absorbing steering column assembly
    10.
    发明授权
    Energy absorbing steering column assembly 失效
    吸能转向柱总成

    公开(公告)号:US07780196B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-08-24

    申请号:US11543564

    申请日:2006-10-05

    IPC分类号: B62D1/187 B62D1/19

    CPC分类号: B62D1/195 B62D1/184

    摘要: A collapsible steering column assembly has a steering column with a jacket movable along a longitudinal axis for telescoping and collapsing movement. The jacket is movable about a pivot axis for tilting movement between an upper and a lower limit. A biasing device includes a fixed arm and a rake arm for urging the jacket toward the upper limit. A support bracket is detachably coupled to a mounting component connected to the vehicle. The support bracket is coupled to and supports the jacket during the movements and is movable with the jacket during the collapsing movement. A friction member is mounted to the support bracket and at least partially encircles the fixed arm and engages the fixed arm to form a friction-fit. The friction member slides along the fixed arm during the collapsing movement for transferring energy from the jacket and the support bracket to the biasing device.

    摘要翻译: 可折叠的转向柱组件具有转向柱,该转向柱具有沿纵向轴线移动的夹套,用于伸缩和收缩运动。 护套可围绕枢转轴线移动,用于在上限和下限之间倾斜运动。 偏压装置包括固定臂和用于将夹套推向上限的耙臂。 支撑支架可拆卸地联接到连接到车辆的安装部件。 支撑托架在运动期间联接并支撑护套,并且在折叠运动期间可与护套一起移动。 摩擦构件安装到支撑支架上并且至少部分地环绕固定臂并与固定臂接合以形成摩擦配合。 在折叠运动期间,摩擦构件沿着固定臂滑动,以将能量从护套和支撑托架传递到偏置装置。