| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 280779000 | With steering column mount or support | 39 |
| 20080252057 | Steering-Column Assembly - A steering assembly has a bracket fixed to a vehicle and a bracket carriage displaceably arranged on the bracket. The assembly can be reliably collapsed in the event of an accident and is simple and cost-effective to manufacture. The bracket carriage is attached to the bracket by way of an attachment embodied in one piece with the bracket and/or the bracket carriage. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20090033083 | Interior Structure For Vehicle Near Instrument Panel And Column Cover - An interior structure for a vehicle includes a cover. The cover includes a pair of attachments and arranged above a column cover. One of the attachments is attached to an instrument panel and another of the attachments is attached to a column cover. Then, the cover screens a gap between the instrument panel and the column cover. The cover includes a flexible main element and a pair of retainers. The main element further includes a pair of attached areas and an intermediate area joining the attached areas. The retainers are fixed to the attached areas to compose the attachments, respectively. According to the interior structure, attaching workability of the cover and an appearance are improved. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090200784 | Automotive vehicle and also support arrangement - An automotive vehicle includes a support arrangement for supporting the steering column, an air-conditioning unit, a head-up display (HUD) and/or pedals. The automotive vehicle has a window arch which extends below the windscreen in the region between the two A-columns of the automotive vehicle. In order to facilitate assembly, the window arch has, on the engine compartment-side, recesses in order to be able to fix the support arrangement or a corresponding instrument panel module from the engine compartment. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090236840 | STRADDLE TYPE VEHICLE - A steering shaft supporting part | 09-24-2009 |
| 20100045013 | STEERING COLUMN ASSEMBLY - A steering column assembly for a steering column of a vehicle includes a steering column starting lock module, a functional module, and a support plate. The starting lock module has a lock element for fixedly connecting the steering column starting lock module to a steering column extending in an axial direction. The functional module has a guide groove extending in the axial direction. The starting lock module is connected to the support plate. The support plate is insertable along the axial direction into the guide groove of the functional module to connect with the functional module and thereby connect the functional module with the starting lock module such that the functional module is connected to the steering column via the starting lock module when the starting lock module is connected to the steering column. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100059977 | STRUCTURE OF STEERING SUPPORT PORTION - A structure of a steering support portion includes a steering support member ( | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100090451 | REINFORCING STRUCTURE FOR STEERING SUPPORT MEMBER - There is provided a reinforcing structure for a steering support member, which is made up of a pipe part, and is set across in the vehicle width direction. In this reinforcing structure, a pin part is penetratingly arranged along the vehicle longitudinal direction in a location in which a steering bracket of the steering support member is fixed, and the end portions of the pin part are fixed to the outer peripheral surface of the pipe part. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100140912 | Arrangement for securing of a steering column of a motor vehicle - An arrangement for securing a steering column to a cross member, in particular to a cockpit carrying member, of a motor vehicle, includes a steering column with retaining means. This arrangement makes it possible on the one hand with simple means to secure the steering column to the cross member of the motor vehicle and, on the other hand, with a further reduction in costs and weight, to enable a high degree of flexibility in relation to the use of the cross member and the steering column for different motor vehicles, by including a cross member that has, for securing the steering column, at least one hole running transverse to the longitudinal direction of the cross member for at least one securing means, and retaining means of the steering column wherein the retaining means are secured by at least one securing means to the cross member. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100194086 | ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE WITH IMPROVED POWER STEERING UNIT - A vehicle is provided with a front hood | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100219624 | Steering column system - Provided is a steering column system capable of firmly holding a jacket during a normal condition and securing a larger movement stroke for the jacket when an excessive impact force is applied. To this end, when a clamp bolt ( | 09-02-2010 |
| 20110006509 | Steering Column Assembly Comprising A Mounting Capsule - The instant invention includes a mounting capsule for a steering column assembly of a vehicle. The mounting capsule has a first capsule portion and a second capsule portion coupled together during normal operation. The first capsule portion includes a first arm and a second arm each having a first taper and a second taper. The second capsule portion includes a first groove and a second groove tapered in a complimentary configuration to the first and second arm for receiving the first and second arm. Frictional forces between the first and second capsule portions aid in coupling the first and second capsule portions and effectively reduce lateral and vertical movement in a steering column assembly during operation. Upon an impact event exerting a predetermined impact force the first and second capsule portions disengage allowing the steering column assembly to collapse. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110006510 | Steering Column Arrangement for Motor Vehicles - A steering column arrangement for motor vehicles with a vehicle-side console, on which an outer tube of a steering column carrying a steering shaft is attached in a releasable manner by means of a clamping device. The clamping device comprises at least one clamping wedge arrangement by which an increased holding force of the clamping device can be achieved during an axial displacement of the outer tube caused by an accident. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110049854 | ASSEMBLY FOR MOUNTING A STEERING WHEEL ON THE STEERING COLUMN OF AN AUTOMOBILE - An assembly for mounting a steering wheel on the steering column of an automobile, the assembly including first flutes formed at the steering wheel and adapted to be fitted into second flutes extending along the steering column and a fastening screw adapted for engagement through the steering wheel and for interaction with a tapping formed axially at the end of the steering column. Once inserted through the steering wheel, the fastening screw can be screwed into the tapping if and only if the first flutes and the second flutes are at least partially engaged. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110121553 | Steering column arrangement for motor vehicles - A steering column arrangement including a steering column and a steering wheel, which is oriented at an angle to a horizontal, in which the steering column is connected to at least two pivoted levers, which each have a pivot bearing at both ends, the pivot bearings situated on the side of the pivoted levers remote from the steering wheel being fixedly attached, whilst the pivot bearings attached to the other end of the pivoted levers are arranged at a reciprocal distance from the steering column, the arrangement of the pivoted levers and the pivot bearings being selected so that under a force acting on the steering wheel in the direction of travel the steering wheel and steering column are moved simultaneously in the direction of travel and the steering wheel increases said angle. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110163524 | STEERING APPARATUS - A steering apparatus having a stationary bracket fixed to a vehicle body including a pair of first side plates; a receiving portion provided on the steering column for receiving one end of a conductive member; a pair of second side plates; a conductive cylindrical shaft secured between the pair of first side plates and inserted through the pair of the second side plates; and a plate-shaped conductive member interposed between the receiving portion and an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical shaft. The conductive member includes first and second bow springs that fit the cylindrical shaft resiliently. The first bow spring is interposed between the second bow spring and the receiving portion, a first contact portion of the second contact portion of the first bow spring is pressed to the receiving portion. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110163525 | STEERING-FORCE TRANSMITTING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A steering-force transmitting apparatus including: (a) an operating-member- side shaft; (b) a turning-device-side shaft offset from the operating-member- side shaft; and (c) a rotation transmitting mechanism having (c-1) an engaging portion provided in one of the two shafts and (c-2) a guide passage provided in the other of the two shafts such that the guide passage is held in engagement with the engaging portion. The rotation transmitting mechanism is configured to change a rotational phase difference between the two shafts while causing one of the two shafts to be rotated by rotation of the other of the two shafts. An axially end portion of a main body portion of one of the two shafts and an axially end portion of the other of the two shafts overlap with each other in the axial direction. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110163526 | STEERING-FORCE TRANSMITTING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A steering-force transmitting apparatus including (a) an operating-member-side shaft; (b) a turning-device-side shaft offset from the operating-member-side shaft; and (c) a rotation transmitting mechanism having (c-1) an axially protruding portion provided in one of the two shafts and (c-2) a radially extending groove provided in the other of the two shafts such that the axially protruding portion is engaged in the radially extending groove. The rotation transmitting mechanism is configured to change a rotational phase difference between the two shafts while causing one of the two shafts to be rotated by rotation of the other of the two shafts. An axially end portion of a main body portion of one of the two shafts and an axially end portion of the other of the two shafts overlap with each other in the axial direction. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110187090 | STEERING WHEEL ASSEMBLY - A steering wheel assembly ( | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110193331 | RACK BAR SUPPORTING DEVICE OF STEERING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - Disclosed is a rack bar supporting device of a rack and pinion type steering apparatus for a vehicle. The disclosed device can prevent free movement from increasing by automatically adjusting a predetermined free movement even when wear occurs in a support yoke after degradation of driving durability of the vehicle, and can prevent a noise from occurring caused by an increase of free movement when the support yoke collides with a yoke plug by an impact reversely input from an uneven road surface, etc. This can provide a comfortable steering feeling to the driver. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110227323 | STEERING DEVICE - A steering device has a guide rail and a holding rubber. The guide rail is mounted on a mounting stay of a vehicle by way of an upper bracket, and the holding rubber restricts movement of the guide rail relative to the upper bracket. The guide rail has a fixed portion and a main body portion extending forward of the vehicle along the axial direction of a steering shaft from the fixed portion. The main body portion is inserted into a through hole of a vehicle body bracket. The holding rubber has a positioning protrusion and a detent pawl for restricting movement of the guide rail relative to the upper bracket before being fixed to the mounting stay so as to hold them at a mounting position. The detent pawl is formed so as to reduce a restricting force for restricting movement of the guide rail relative to the upper bracket as the guide rail comes closer to the mounting stay by screwing a nut onto a bolt. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20120043746 | STEERING COLUMN - An apparatus for supporting a steering column ( | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120104738 | ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE - An all terrain vehicle includes a steering shaft to which a handle is coupled, a pair of right and left frame members extending in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle body, at both sides in a width direction of the vehicle body, a steering shaft support member provided over and coupled to the pair of right and left frame members, and a bearing configured to rotatably couple a lower portion of the steering shaft to the steering shaft support member. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120146316 | SINGLE POINT FRICTION LOCK FOR TILT AND TELESCOPE ADJUSTMENT OF STEERING COLUMNS - The steering column assembly has a base mounted to the machine and a steering column coupled to the base that pivots about the base at one end of the steering column. The steering column assembly has column plates and base plates with pinned ends and slotted ends. The pinned ends of the plates form pin openings. The column plates are pivotably coupled to the steering column with a column pin and the base plates are pivotably coupled to the base with a base pin. The column plates contact the base plates such that their respective slots intersect to form an opening through the slots. A locking pin fits in the opening and pushes the column plates against the base plates, creating friction between the plates that prevents the steering column from moving. When the locking pin is in an unlocked position the steering column is movable with at least two degrees of freedom. When the locking pin is in a locked position the steering column is not movable. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120248752 | STEERING APPARATUS - A steering apparatus has a steering shaft | 10-04-2012 |
| 20130076016 | VEHICLE STEERING COLUMN SUPPORT STRUCTURE - A vehicle steering column support structure efficiently supports a steering column. A steering support bracket that supports a steering column is fixed to instrument panel reinforcement disposed along the vehicle width direction between left and right front pillars. A floor brace spans between a side portion of a first support member of the steering support bracket and a side wall portion of a floor tunnel portion. A steering brace spans between a side portion of the first support member and a lower portion of the front pillar. Up-down vibration of the steering column can accordingly be supported by axial force of the floor brace and the steering brace. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20140062075 | Work Vehicle with a Ground-Work Unit - A work vehicle has a ground-work unit that is mounted under a frame supported by front wheels and rear wheels and disposed forwardly of the front wheels. The work vehicle includes a steering wheel supported to a steering post and consisting of spokes and a ring. A man-machine interface face formed in the steering post downwardly of the steering wheel and around a rotational axis of the steering wheel includes a display face having a flat panel display and an operation face having an operation input device. The steering wheel is greater in size than the flat panel display as seen in the direction of rotational axis of the steering wheel, and the operation face is greater in length than the flat panel display in the direction of vehicle width. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140097605 | STEERING COLUMN ASSEMBLY FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A steering column assembly for a motor vehicle is provided. The steering column assembly may include a main steering column shaft; a first tubular member; a first attachment feature; and a second attachment feature. The first attachment feature and the second attachment feature may be formed of an injection moldable material such as nylon or polypropylene, having a load glass fiber component. The first and second attachment features are injection molded about the main steering column shaft. A method of constructing a steering column assembly for a motor vehicle is also provided, wherein the first attachment feature and the second attachment feature are injection molded and positioned about the main steering column shaft. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140284910 | STEERING SHAFT BEARING UNIT FOR ROTATABLY MOUNTING A STEERING SHAFT - A steering shaft bearing unit for rotatably mounting a steering shaft of a steering column for a motor vehicle includes at least one circumferentially closed region for accommodating at least one bearing for rotatably mounting the steering shaft, and at least one securing region for securing the steering shaft bearing unit to a console part of the steering column. At least one through-hole, in particular two through-holes, for guiding a clamping bolt of the steering column therethrough is/are arranged in the securing region. The steering shaft bearing unit is formed by joining, preferably welding, together at least two, preferably exactly two half-shells, each of which includes at least one section of the securing region and at least one section of the at least one circumferentially closed region. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140319811 | PRE-STRESSED ROLLING BEARING, NOTABLY FOR A STEERING COLUMN - The invention concerns a rolling bearing ( | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140319812 | VEHICLE-OCCUPANT PROTECTION STRUCTURE AND VEHICLE-OCCUPANT PROTECTION METHOD - The strength of an instrument panel member ( | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140346761 | STEERING SHAFT BEARING UNIT - A steering shaft bearing unit for rotatably mounting a steering shaft of a steering column for a motor vehicle includes an outer metal sheet having at least one circumferentially closed region for accommodating at least one bearing for rotatably mounting the steering shaft, and at least one securing region for securing the steering shaft bearing unit to a console part of the steering column. In the securing region, the outer metal sheet has an opening delimited by at least two opposite securing flanges which project freely from the outer metal sheet and which are part thereof. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20150145237 | FRONT VEHICLE-BODY STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - A steering member comprises a beam member extending in a vehicle width direction, a steering bracket supporting a steering device, and side brackets fixed to hinge pillars. The beam member includes a weak portion provided between the steering bracket and the side brackets on a driver-seat side and configured to be weak against a load inputted in a vehicle longitudinal direction, and an extension portion provided to extend toward a vehicle outward side beyond the side bracket provided on a passenger-seat side and configured to prevent the steering member receiving the input load from sliding toward the passenger-seat side by contacting the hinge pillar. Accordingly, the steering device can be prevented from moving inward in a vehicle frontal collision, thereby restraining a passenger with an airbag properly. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150298720 | BRACKET FOR SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR STEERING COLUMN, AND SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR STEERING COLUMN - A bracket is used in a support structure for a steering column. The support structure includes an instrument panel reinforcement, a steering support bracket, and a floor brace. In one aspect, the bracket includes a first portion and a second portion, which are configured to be arranged spanning between the steering support bracket and the floor brace. The first portion is arranged between the steering support bracket and the floor brace at a first angle with respect to horizontality. The second portion is arranged between the steering support bracket and the floor brace at a second angle, which is different from the first angle. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20160059878 | Device for Connecting a Steering Column to a Crossmember | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160137223 | STEERING SUPPORT STRUCTURE - A steering support structure | 05-19-2016 |
| 280780000 | Having nonrigid member | 4 |
| 20090091114 | STEERING COLUMN DYNAMIC DAMPER - A damper for a steering column assembly includes a housing attached to and extending along an axis of the steering column assembly. A mass is attached to a distal end of the housing with a resilient member being disposed between the housing and the mass that permits movement of the mass along an axis that is substantially parallel to the axis of the steering column assembly relative to the housing to absorb vibrational forces exerted on the steering column assembly along the axis. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20100019480 | STEERING COLUMN ATTACHMENT ASSEMBLY - A steering column attachment assembly is disclosed for adjustably locating and securing after market steering columns to an automotive vehicle. The attachment assembly comprises a penannular flexible insert having inner and outer portions. The outer portion of the flexible insert comprises a plurality of sides. The attachment assembly also comprises a strap clamp having inner and outer regions and an opening provided to the inner region for receiving the flexible insert. The inner region and outer region are formed from a plurality of sides corresponding to the plurality of sides of the outer portion of the flexible insert such that the plurality of sides of the flexible insert and corresponding plurality of sides of the inner region of the strap clamp are in contact during assembly. The strap clamp features a plurality of adjustable compression members that engage the flexible insert. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20150123391 | STEERING CORRECTION AND SUPPORT DEVICE AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME - A device for correcting a length and an angle of a steering shaft in a rack and pinion steering system of a vehicle after a distance between a steering wheel and a rack is altered comprises a coupler having a straight portion and an angular portion. The straight portion has a proximal end and a distal end, and the straight portion is coupled at the proximal end to the angular portion with a universal joint that allows for angular movement of the angular portion with respect to the straight portion. The device comprises an extension shaft that is coupled to the straight portion at the distal end, and a locking member having a threaded shaft and a casing having an opening. The opening is configured to receive the extension shaft. Each of the extension shaft and the angular portion are configured to be operably coupled to the steering shaft. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20160083004 | SUSPENSION APPARATUS FOR STEERED WHEEL - A suspension apparatus for steered wheel includes a knuckle as a supporting member for rotatably supporting the steered wheel, two lower arms separately connected to joints as two lower-part connecting points equipped on lower part of the knuckle respectively, and two upper arms separately connected to joints as two upper-part connecting points equipped on an upper part of the knuckle respectively, and, connecting points of the two lower arms and the two upper arms to the knuckle are configured such that a rate of moving amount toward the vehicle inside to moving amount toward the vehicle front of a second extended line AP | 03-24-2016 |
