Patent ID: 8434788
Filing Date: 2013-05-07
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A steering column module for a motor vehicle, comprising: a support beam configured to be attached to the motor vehicle; a steering column defining a longitudinal axis and rotatable thereabout, and having an upper steering tube non-rotatably connected to a lower steering tube, wherein the upper steering tube is displaceable a first distance in a direction of the longitudinal axis; an adjusting device for adjusting the distance of the upper steering tube from the lower steering tube; a jacket tube having an annular area, a crash member, an upper end portion and a lower end portion, wherein the upper end portion grasps around the upper steering tube, and axially fixes and rotatably supports the upper steering tube, and the upper steering tube protrudes from the jacket tube; and a central bearing disposed between the annular area of the jacket tube and the upper steering tube; wherein the crash member is located between the central bearing and the lower end portion of the jacket tube; wherein the crash member shortens in the event of an accident and a total length of the upper and the lower steering tube is shorter after an accident than before an accident; and wherein a y-axis extends in a horizontal plane at an angle of 90° relative to a normal driving direction, for straight travel of a vehicle in said plane, and the support beam defines an axis thereof extending parallel to the y-axis, and further comprising a swivel bridge connected to a slide ring and the support beam and defining a swivel bridge axis at least substantially parallel to the support beam axis, wherein the swivel bridge is pivotable about the support beam axis and the swivel bridge axis.