Patent ID: 6357794
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
A steering column assembly for a vehicle having a steering wheel comprising first and second telescopic supports parts defining a housing, an energy absorbing member, and a steering column shaft adapted to support said steering wheel at one end, at least one of the support parts being attached to a part of the vehicle and the other one of the support parts being supported in a normal position relative to the first part and adapted so that said second part can move telescopically relative to said first part against a force determined by said energy absorbing member acting between said first and second parts, wherein at least one of said first and second support parts comprises an elongate member having a base and a pair of side walls and said first and second parts are adapted to slide relative to one another by means of a groove in one of said parts and a co-operating rail on the other of said parts.