Patent ID: 9145160
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: B62D,F16C

Abstract:
1. A plain bearing for a steering spindle of a steering column for a motor vehicle, comprising: an inner ring configured to receive and slidably mount the steering spindle therein; an outer ring disposed around said inner ring; and a plurality of compressible elastic intermediate pieces disposed between said inner ring and said outer ring and configured to position said inner ring within an interior of said outer ring such that said inner and outer rings are spaced apart from each other and concentric about a longitudinal central axis when said inner ring is not subjected to a force transverse to the central axis, and further being configured to be compressed between said inner and outer rings when a force is placed on said inner ring in a radial direction thereof, wherein an outer surface of said inner ring contacts an inner surface of said outer ring if the force on the inner ring exceeds a threshold limit.