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Title:
COLLAPSIBLE COLUMN FOR STEERING OF VEHICLE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2005/102820
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A collapsible column for steering of a vehicle installed in the steering shaft of the vehicle so that a male shaft is non-rotatably and slidably fitted to a female shaft. The collapsible column comprises a pressure torque transmitting part transmitting a steering torque while pressuring between both shafts when the steering torque is equal to or less than a specified value and a rigid torque transmission part transmitting the steering torque by the contact thereof with a rigid body between the both shafts when the steering torque exceeds the specified value. The collapsible column is characterized in that a torsional rigidity generated in the pressure torque transmission part is equal to or more than 5 Nm/deg.

Inventors:
YAMADA YASUHISA (JP)
YAMADA TAKATSUGU (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2005/008385
Publication Date:
November 03, 2005
Filing Date:
April 26, 2005
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Assignee:
NSK LTD (JP)
NSK STEERING SYS CO LTD (JP)
YAMADA YASUHISA (JP)
YAMADA TAKATSUGU (JP)
International Classes:
B62D1/20; B62D1/19; F16C3/035; F16C33/58; F16D3/06; (IPC1-7): B62D1/20; F16D3/06
Domestic Patent References:
WO2003031250A12003-04-17
Foreign References:
JP2004122938A2004-04-22
JP2004122833A2004-04-22
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Inoue, Yoshio (1-4 Nihonbashi 3-chome, Chuo-k, Tokyo 27, JP)
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