Collision energy absorbable steering column of vehicle equipped with wire block assembly
View Patent ↗Disclosed is a collision energy absorbable steering column of a vehicle, which includes a steering shaft having an upper end connected to a steering wheel and a lower end connected to a rack-pinion mechanism; an interior tube for surrounding the steering shaft; an exterior tube for surrounding the interior tube; a wire block assembly fixed to a mounting bracket so as to absorb collision energy by wire deformation when a vehicle crashes against an object; the mounting bracket for supporting the exterior tube, the mounting bracket being fixed to a chassis of the vehicle, the mounting bracket having at least one side rail and at least one wire-assembling hole through which a wire is inserted so as to assemble the mounting bracket with the wire block assembly; and a plate bracket coupled to the mounting bracket by forcibly fitting the plate bracket together with the wire block assembly in the mounting bracket.
1. A collision energy absorbable steering column of a vehicle comprising:
a steering shaft having an upper end connected to a steering wheel and a lower end connected to a rack-pinion mechanism;
an interior tube for surrounding the steering shaft;
an exterior tube for surrounding the interior tube;
a wire block assembly fixed to a mounting bracket so as to absorb collision energy by wire deformation when a vehicle crashes against an object;
a mounting bracket for supporting the exterior tube, the mounting bracket being fixed to a chassis of the vehicle, the mounting bracket having at least one side rail and at least one wire-assembling hole through which a wire is inserted so as to assemble the mounting bracket with the wire block assembly; and
a plate bracket coupled to the mounting bracket by forcibly fitting the plate bracket together with the wire block assembly in the mounting bracket.
2. The collision energy absorbable steering column as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the wire block assembly comprises:
a block having at least one side groove formed on each of side surfaces of the block so as to seat the wire, and at least one guide groove in which the plate bracket is fitted; and
at least one wire seated in the side groove, the wire having a fixing portion and a holding portion, being inserted through the wire-assembling hole of the mounting bracket, and absorbing collision energy through deformation when a vehicle crashes against an object.