Patent ID: 6186547
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: B60K,B62D

Abstract:
A steering column/dashboard assembly for a motor vehicle, comprising:a steering column for supporting a steering wheel;a dashboard fixedly connected to the steering column for joint pivotal and axial movements therewith;a stationary frame for supporting the steering column and provided with slideway guides for enabling pivotal and axial movements of the steering column, together with the dashboard;a bracket for supporting the stationary frame and securable to front cross-spar of a driver's cab of the motor vehicle; anda stabilizing device connected with the supporting bracket for supporting the dashboard and for preventing jamming of the steering wheel/dashboard assembly during position-adjustment of the assembly, the stabilizing device including spaced guide rails providing for support of the stabilizing device on the bracket and means for fixedly connecting the guide rails with the bracket, and means for connecting the stabilizing device with the dashboard and for enabling axial and pivotal movement of the steering wheel/dashboard assembly about a rotational axle displaceable in the supporting frame.