Patent ID: 6216552
Filing Date: 2001-04-17
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
A steering column arrangement for a motor vehicle comprising:a steering wheel;a telescoping steering spindle and a telescoping jacket tube including a lower tube part and an upper tube part, the steering wheel being connected by way of the spindle to a steering gear and the spindle being rotatably mounted in the jacket tube;a lower steering column bearing supporting the lower tube part on a first support component which can project into the passenger compartment in the event of a frontal collision;an upper steering column bearing member supporting the upper tube part on a second support component which substantially retains its position in the event of a frontal collision;an unlocking device connected between said second support component and the upper tube part which is activatable in the event of a frontal collision;a wedge member which is movable in the event of a frontal collision to prevent and/or diminish an upward movement of the steering wheel; anda deformation element cooperating with the wedge member which is arranged and configured so that, in the event of a frontal collision, the wedge member is movable into an operative start position during unlocking of the activated unlocking device no later than the time of complete unlocking of the upper tube part from the said second support component.