IP Library Granted Patent US 8,984,983
Granted Patent B2
US 8,984,983 · App. 13/510,858 · Granted Mar 24, 2015

Steering column assembly for a motor vehicle

Inventors: Detlef Hansen (Schenefeld, DE); Horst Hartmann (Witzhave, DE); Jens-Werner Kirchner (Buchholz Holm Seppensen, DE); Holger Kittler (Hamburg, DE); Ivica Milicevic (Hamburg, DE); Ralf Prigge (Bardowick, DE)
Assignee: Daimler AG
B62D1/184
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Patent No.
US 8,984,983
App. No.
13/510,858
Granted
Mar 24, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A steering column arrangement for a motor vehicle includes a bracket, to which a jacket tube of a steering column supporting a steering shaft is releasably fixed by a clamping mechanism. The clamping mechanism includes at least one clamping part that is supple in the transverse direction (y direction) of the steering column arrangement and rigid in shear terms in the longitudinal direction (x direction and z direction) of the steering column arrangement.

Claims (26)

1. A steering column arrangement for a motor vehicle, comprising:

bracket; and

a jacket tube of a steering column supporting a steering shaft is releasably fixed by a clamping mechanism to the bracket,

wherein the clamping mechanism comprises first and second clamping wedges and at least one clamping part that is supple in a transverse direction of the steering column arrangement,

wherein the at least one clamping part is arranged between the first and second clamping wedges in such a manner that when the clamping mechanism is engaged the first and second clamping wedges engage with the at least one clamping part.

2. The steering column arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one clamping part is rigid in shear terms in a longitudinal direction of the steering column arrangement.

3. The steering column arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the bracket comprises a limb arrangement with limb parts, between which the first and second clamping wedges of the clamping mechanism are received.

4. The steering column arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein a limb arrangement with limbs is fixed to the bracket, between which the first and second clamping wedges of the clamping mechanism are received.

5. The steering column arrangement according to claim 3 , wherein the at least one clamping part is fixed to the limb arrangement by being placed thereon.

6. The steering column arrangement according to claim 4 , wherein the at least one clamping part is fixed to the limb arrangement by being placed thereon.

7. The steering column arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one clamping part comprises two loop regions that provide the suppleness in the transverse direction.

8. The steering column arrangement according to claim 3 , further comprising:

a clamping spring mechanism by which a respective one of the first and second clamping wedges is pressed against a corresponding limb of the limb arrangement.

9. A steering column arrangement for a motor vehicle, comprising:

bracket; and

a jacket tube of a steering column supporting a steering shaft is releasably fixed by a clamping means to the bracket,

wherein the clamping means comprises first and second wedges and at least one clamping part that is supple in a transverse direction of the steering column arrangement,

wherein the at least one clamping part is arranged between the first and second clamping wedges in such a manner that when the clamping mechanism is engaged the first and second clamping wedges engage with the at least one clamping part.

10. The steering column arrangement according to claim 9 , wherein the at least one clamping part is rigid in shear terms in a longitudinal direction of the steering column arrangement.

11. The steering column arrangement according to claim 9 , wherein the bracket comprises a limb arrangement with limb parts, between which the first and second clamping wedges of the clamping means are received.

12. The steering column arrangement according to claim 9 , wherein a limb arrangement with limbs is fixed to the bracket, between which the first and second clamping wedges of the clamping means are received.

13. The steering column arrangement according to claim 11 , wherein the at least one clamping part is fixed to the limb arrangement by being placed thereon.

14. The steering column arrangement according to claim 12 , wherein the at least one clamping part is fixed to the limb arrangement by being placed thereon.

15. The steering column arrangement according to claim 9 , wherein the at least one clamping part comprises two loop regions that provide the suppleness in the transverse direction.

16. The steering column arrangement according to claim 11 , further comprising:

a clamping spring means by which a respective one of the first and second clamping wedges is pressed against a corresponding limb of the limb arrangement.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 29, 2025
From: DAIMLER AG
To: MERCEDES BENZ GROUP AG
Reel/Frame 072886/0467 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 3, 2012
From: HANSEN, DETLEF; HARTMANN, HORST; KIRCHNER, JENS-WERNER; KITTLER, HOLGER; MILICEVIC, IVICA; PRIGGE, RALF
To: DAIMLER AG
Reel/Frame 028482/0029 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2009 054 245 · Nov 21, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120266714A1 · Oct 25, 2012