Patent ID: 8187109

Claim:
An intermediate shaft in a steering column for industrial vehicles comprising: a female element designed to house a male part by sliding said female element into said male part; and at least one strip mounted between said female element and said male part which has a contact surface; said at least one strip is assembled between said male part and said female part and inside a holding cage, where said holding cage is fastened to the external surface of said male part with said cage being located on said male part, safety screws ( 18 ) each having a screw base ( 23 ) attached to said at least one strip ( 15 ) for pressing on said at least one strip ( 15 ) inserted in said cage ( 16 ), said safety screws ( 18 ) protruding through openings ( 21 ) in at least one face of said female shaft ( 11 ), wherein said safety screws ( 18 ) are threaded onto nuts ( 19 ) each having a bevel ( 24 ) that is supported by one of said openings ( 21 ) of said female shaft such that threading and unthreading of said screws ( 18 ) on said nuts ( 19 ) applies pressure onto said strip ( 15 ) to adjust a sliding load, torsional rigidity and hysteresis of the sliding intermediate shaft.