Abstract: A steering column holding structure, includes: a column lower bracket locating at rear end of an automobile in relation to a pedal lever, the column lower bracket holding a steering column, wherein the column lower bracket comprises: a column holding section holding the steering column; and a first and a second protruding sections formed with a first and a second through holes so that the column lower bracket is attached to a column holding frame of the automobile with bolts. In the above construction, the first protruding section is formed with an opening channel so as to open the first through hole, thereby making the first protruding section between the opening channel and the steering column as a absorbingly deforming section which is to be deformed by the pedal lever when the automobile forwardingly bumps.

Abstract: A dash reinforcement for a mobile vehicle with a passenger cab such as a sport utility vehicle, or medium or heavy-duty truck. The dash reinforcement may be a stamped sheet metal panel that strengthens the dash structure of the cab and provides for mounting of vehicle components. The dash reinforcement may be symmetrical about the centerline of the vehicle and this symmetry allows the panel to accommodate both left-hand drive and right-hand drive vehicle configurations. The dash reinforcement also includes ‘Y’ shaped passages for a driver control module and for accessory equipment such as heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) modules. The unique shape of these passages or openings adds strength to the overall dash structure and hence the cab. The dash reinforcement may be engaged to a dash panel to form a dash assembly.

Abstract: A steering column arrangement has an adjusting spindle of a spindle drive for the axial adjustment of the interior steering column tube relative to the exterior steering column tube which is fixed by a holder on the interior steering column tube. The holder is a ring-shaped collar which, by way of a ring arrangement positioned between the outer jacket of the interior steering column tube and the inner circumference of the collar, is axially form-lockingly and frictionally engaged in the circumferential direction fixed on the interior steering column tube.

Abstract: An apparatus for supporting a steering column has a cross member spanned over two right-and-left walls of a car body at a portion just anterior to a driver's seat, a support bracket integrally fixedly connected to a portion, aligned with the driver's seat, of an intermediate portion of the cross member, a supported bracket fixedly connected to an intermediate portion of the steering column, and a connecting member for connecting the support bracket and the supported bracket to each other with no intermediary of other brackets.

Abstract: A steering column support bracket for a vehicle that is attached to HVAC ducts extending transversely across the vehicle that are located between the dashboard and the front of dashboard cowl. The steering column support bracket is attached to the hinge pillar, the front of dashboard cowl and is connected by a brace to the compartment pan of the vehicle. Several embodiments of steering column support brackets are disclosed that are designed to engage the HVAC ducts. The steering column support bracket may be formed as a C-shaped structure, an under duct configuration, or in a clam shell structure. In addition to supporting the steering column of the vehicle, the steering column support bracket may support brake switches, a power steering motor, and a cruise control system.

Abstract: The invention relates to a subassembly for a cockpit of a motor vehicle, having a heating or air-conditioning housing which is arranged in the center console and has at least two housing parts and at least one air guide duct for guiding air at a controlled temperature to air outlet openings arranged in the cockpit. The subassembly includes a T-shaped structural unit, on which a large number of functional components of the cockpit can be mounted formed from an air guide duct having a shell-like duct component and the housing. The shell-like duct component can be covered to form the air guide duct. The present invention further relates to a method of producing the subassembly.

Abstract: A method and a steering wheel suspension system for reducing the extent of injuries sustained by a driver in the event of a head-on collision of a vehicle that includes a steering wheel fitted with an air bag and having a steering shaft (8) which is rotatably carried in a holder device for steering purposes, wherewith the holder device is, in turn, mounted for rotation about a support shaft (2) which is based from the steering shaft and extends across the vehicle and, under normal conditions, is locked in a determined position relative to the support shaft (2) by means of a breakable locking device (14).

Abstract: A front windshield for a work vehicle having a steering column includes a transparent panel formed as a single integral unitary body. The transparent panel includes an opening therethrough sized to receive the steering column of the work vehicle.

Abstract: An instrument panel structure provided in front of a driver's seat and a front passenger seat in a car has a steering support beam therein. An instrumental panel covers the steering support beam on the side of the driver's seat and the front passenger seat. Knee guards are disposed between the steering support beam and the instrument panel. An air-conditioning duct is fixed to the instrument panel above the knee guards, for preventing the knee guards from moving upwardly and for forming a duct space with the instrument panel. The air-conditioning duct and knee guards can support the legs of the passenger during an accident, thereby preventing the “submarine” phenomenon and improving passenger's safety. Additionally, the air-conditioning duct reinforces the instrument panel, thereby reducing the need for other reinforcing elements in the instrument panel.

Abstract: To facilitate the joint raising and lowering and pivoting of the steering wheel (2) or the steering column (1) and the dashboard (4) of a motor vehicle, it is suggested to form an assembly consisting of the steering column (1) and the dashboard (4), which can be secured in a motor vehicle as a pre-manufactured unit by using a suitable bracket (7). The dashboard (4) is associated with a stabilizing device (18) including slideway guide arrangements (40/41 and 37) combined with a toothed wheel/rack connection (35/36 and 33/34) provided on each of widely spaced guide rails (19/20).

Abstract: A front portion structure of an automobile vehicle body having front side members disposed in right and left side portions of a vehicle body and extending in the longitudinal direction and an instrument panel reinforcement disposed between right and left front pillars and extending in the lateral direction. Pillar braces are connected to the front side members in the right and left side portions and the instrument panel reinforcement.

Abstract: A light weight, structurally stiff instrument panel reinforcement structure for motor vehicle bodies. The reinforcement structure includes driver side and passenger side cross tubes that are preferably aluminum alloy extrusions, and a center stack support that is preferably a magnesium alloy casting connecting the cross tubes. The driver side cross tube supports a steering column assembly. The driver side cross tube has a greater average wall thickness than the passenger side cross tube. The driver side cross tube is hydroformed so that a middle portion has larger bending and torsion resistance than the end portions.

Abstract: A vehicle includes first and second A-pillars with a cross-car beam connecting the first and second A-pillars. A steering column assembly is positioned within the vehicle and includes at least one pivot joint. A single attachment component directly connects the pivot joint to the cross-car beam.

Abstract: Apparatus for supporting a steering column of an automotive vehicle includes an upper mounting bracket secured to rigid vehicle support structure by capsules which release in response to longitudinal collapse of the steering column in a frontal impact. The upper mounting bracket is secured to and moves with the steering column during its collapse. A lower mounting bracket is rigidly secured to the vehicle support structure. Flexible, bendable U-shaped straps connect the upper mounting bracket to the lower mounting bracket to gradually resist collapse of the steering column and prevent excessive reaction forces of the steering column against a driver. The vehicle support structure overlies the upper mounting bracket to resist upward displacement during collapse with the steering column.

Abstract: A steering support beam structure for supporting a steering shaft of a vehicle comprises a first tubular member transversely extending across the vehicle and connected at both ends thereof with the vehicle and a second tubular member inserted into the first tubular member and connected at both ends thereof with the first tubular member. The first tubular member has a reduced diameter section at both ends thereof and the second tubular member has a enlarged diameter section at both ends thereof. The first tubular member is connected by spot-welding between the inner periphery surface of the reduced diameter section and the outer periphery surface of the enlarged diameter section with the second tubular member, thereby a double walled structure is formed in the steering support beam and a high rigidity can be obtained.

Abstract: A motor vehicle steering column unit with a steering column housing and a steering column arranged therein and with an electrically driven adjusting device is disclosed for the longitudinal adjustment and for the tilt adjustment of the steering column. The adjusting device has only one electric drive unit for the rotary drive of an adjusting spindle, as well as at least two spindle nuts, which are arranged on the adjusting spindle and are mounted movably in the axial direction of the adjusting spindle. At least one adjusting mechanism each for the longitudinal movement and for the tilting movement, as well as one switching device for each direction of movement is provided. A nonpositive connection can be established between the respective switching device and the spindle nut located adjacent to the switching device.

Abstract: In a steering column assembly with a tilt holding force adjustment mechanism, a distance bracket member supporting a steering column is disposed between side walls of an upper clamp member fixed to a vehicle body. A tilt bolt passes through elongate apertures formed in the side walls of the upper clamp member, and bolt holes formed in the distance bracket member. A tilt lever is screwed on a first end of the tilt bolt. A tilt bolt stopper is mounted on a second end of the tilt bolt. The tilt bolt stopper has a washer portion loosely fitting over the second end of the tilt bolt, and an engaging portion engaging with the distance bracket or one of the elongate apertures. The tilt bolt stopper is clamped between a flange of the tilt bolt and a stopper fixing nut screwed on a threaded portion formed at the second end of the tilt bolt.

Abstract: To facilitate the joint raising and lowering and pivoting of the steering wheel (2) or the steering column (1) and the dashboard (4) of a motor vehicle, it is suggested to form an assembly consisting of the steering column (1) and the dashboard (4), which can be secured in a motor vehicle as a pre-manufactured unit by using a suitable bracket (7). The dashboard (4) is associated with a stabilizing device (18) including slideway guide arrangements (40/41 and 37) combined with a toothed wheel/rack connection (35/36 and 33/34) provided on each of widely spaced guide rails (19/20).

Abstract: A steering arrangement for a motor vehicle having an instrument panel including a steering column with a first end extending into the passenger compartment of the motor vehicle. The steering column includes a tilt mechanism for pivotally interconnecting the steering column with a steering wheel. The steering arrangement includes a shroud having a first member and a second member, the first member is fixedly attached to the instrument panel of the vehicle and the second member is interconnected with the steering wheel for movement therewith. In a preferred form, the first and second members partially overlap when the steering wheel is in the raised position.

Abstract: A steering shaft is supported for tilting-up and tilting-down movements by a pivot mechanism, and connected at its front end to a steering gear box by a joint shaft. The joint shaft passes through an opening of a dashboard and is provided with a stopper facing a rear portion of the opening. When the dashboard is driven backwards as a result of collision of the vehicle, the joint shaft having the stopper urged by the opening is driven backward along with the dashboard. Thus, the steering gear box can be moved rearwards and downwards to inhibit the forward and downward pulling of the joint shaft, thereby preventing tilting-up of the steering shaft.

Abstract: A steering column support bracket includes a molded plastic frame having a pair of laterally spaced apart side braces, a front brace interconnecting the front ends of the side braces, and an intermediate brace located between the front and rear ends of the side braces. An X-shaped truss has legs extending diagonally between the side braces and between the intermediate brace and the rear ends of the side braces.

Abstract: A yoke of a universal joint for a steering apparatus, the yoke including a coupling member made by press-shaping a metallic plate and formed into the shape of a tube having a split in a circumferential portion thereof and a serration on an inner peripheral surface thereof. The coupling member has one end portion, having a partially cylindrical portion and a pair of flange portions integral with the partially cylindrical portion with the split interposed therebetween, and a substantially cylindrical coupling portion at another end portion thereof. Notably, the substantially cylindrical coupling portion has a larger outer diameter than an outer diameter of the partially cylindrical portion. The coupling member further includes a threaded hole formed in one of the flange portions, and a through hole formed in the other of the flange portions and coaxial with the threaded hole for passing a bolt to be threadably engaged with the threaded hole.

Abstract: A steering column for a motor vehicle having a gear box of an electric power assist apparatus in front of the steering column. The steering column includes a rigid mast jacket consisting of a short tubular sleeve and a bracket attached to the tubular sleeve having a pair of laterally separated guides straddling the gear box. A pair of lugs on the gear box cooperate with a pair of elongated slots in the guides in connecting the mast jacket to the gear box for vertical pivotal movement and for linear translation. A longitudinally collapsible steering shaft is rotatably supported on the tubular sleeve with a steering hand wheel at one end and a flexible coupling at the other end connecting the steering shaft to an input shaft on the gear box. The tubular sleeve is connected to the vehicle body by a clamp which releases the tubular sleeve for a collapse stroke of the mast jacket. The mast jacket protects the steering shaft against beam bending during the collapse stroke.

Abstract: Side attachment assemblies are provided for mounting an instrument panel cross car support beam structure or the like to right and left hand cowl panels of a vehicle body.

Abstract: A system for axially locking the end of a shaft in a sleeve whereby the shaft fits axially into the sleeve until both parts are fully engaged, in which both parts are locked together. Axial locking is achieved by a latch disposed on the outside of the sleeve and which pivots into a slot made in a wall of the sleeve, such that the latch can be inserted in an orifice of the shaft positioned opposite the slot when the shaft is fully engaged in the sleeve.

Abstract: A steering column support structure for an automotive vehicle comprising a plastic instrument panel including duct structure having rear reinforcing ribs and front reinforcing ribs. Upper metal struts are secured to the rear reinforcing ribs. Lower metal struts are secured to the rear reinforcing ribs. The rear ends of the upper and lower struts are secured together. The front ends of the upper and lower struts are rigidly secured to vehicle support structure. The lower struts are secured to the steering column.

Abstract: A connection between a collapsible mast jacket of an energy absorbing steering column and a body of a motor vehicle including a mounting bracket on the mast jacket having an attachment flange perpendicular to a longitudinal centerline of the steering column, an aperture in the attachment flange, a plastic bushing captured in the aperture, and a fastener operative to rigidly clamp the plastic bushing to the body of the motor vehicle. The plastic bushing fractures in response to an impact on the steering column to release the mounting bracket. In a preferred embodiment, retention between the attachment flange and the plastic bushing is effected by an edge of the aperture in the attachment flange seated in an annular outside groove in the plastic bushing.

Abstract: The steering wheel assembly disclosed herein is mountable on a steering shaft and includes at least a bolt, a boss, and a steering wheel body. The boss is adapted to be fitted on the steering shaft and includes a cylindrical portion and a yoke portion formed integrally with the cylindrical portion. The cylindrical portion has a boss serration corresponding to a serration of the steering shaft. The yoke portion has through holes formed near both ends thereof. The steering wheel body includes a ring core bar, spoke core bars coupled to the ring core bar, sheaths covering the ring core bar and spoke core bars, and a pad formed integrally with the sheaths. Part of the spoke core bars are connected to the boss. The bolt has and external thread that is receivable by the through holes and engageable with internal threads of at least one of the through holes so as to permit the boss, to which the steering wheel body is connected, to be fixed on the steering shaft.

Abstract: A self-positioning motor vehicle steering column assembly unit is described, which can be quickly assembled, has a steering column, a steering column connection frame, a connection bracket fixed on the vehicle side, and at least one fastening device for fixing the steering column frame to the connection bracket, wherein the fastening device has at least two fastening elements that can be screwed to one another, between which a deformable spacer sleeve is arranged, wherein at least one opening, which comprises two partial areas of different size, is provided in the connection bracket.

Abstract: An instrument panel structure for use in an vehicle having opposing side pillars, so called "A Pillars". The structure includes an extruded cross car beam having a plurality of radially spaced grooves transversely extending along the length. End caps having a receiving cavity adapted to receive the cross car beam suitably mounted to each of the pillars and the cross car beam is installed within each of the end caps. A plurality of extruded component brackets adapted to slidably engage within the cross car beam are positioned therein along the beam. The component brackets are fixed positionally along the beam by a plurality of fasteners, adhesive joining, or welding. Advantageously the instrument panel structure provides a flexible and efficient method of installing interior components within a right hand drive or left hand drive vehicle with the same structural elements.

Abstract: A device for preventing rotation of the steering column body of an automobile vehicle comprising a support member attached to the chassis of the vehicle and a body which is held in position relative to the support member by a locking system. For the adjustment of the steering column concerned in the required direction at least one pair of coupling surfaces is joined to the support member and cooperate with a pair of coupling surfaces joined to the body. The coupling surfaces have a direction substantially parallel to the required adjustment direction and are angularly oriented with respect to major faces of the support member and the body, so that the coupling surfaces cooperate with each other upon locking in order to prevent rotation of the steering column body.

Abstract: To support the driver of a road vehicle, a yaw velocity r (in radian/s) around a vertical axis is measured, a driving speed v.sub.x (in m/s) is determined, an acceleration a.sub.x (in m/s.sup.2) in the driving direction is measured, a lateral acceleration is measured at two randomly selected locations at a distance of l.sub.a as a.sub.y1 (in m/s.sup.2, front) and a.sub.y2 (m/s.sup.2, rear), a steering wheel angle .delta..sub.H is measured at the vehicle steering column with a potentiometer, a vehicle wheel angle .delta..sub.L =.delta..sub.H /i.sub.L commanded by the driver is computed, a variable angle .beta..sub.F at the front axis is computed, and these measured parameters are used to calculate, in a microprocessor, according to the equations (4, 20 and 21), an additional steering angle .delta..sub.C, whose addition to the vehicle wheel angle .delta..sub.L commanded by the driver results in the overall wheel angle .delta..sub.F =.delta..sub.L +.delta..sub.C.

Abstract: A steering column for an automotive vehicle comprises a jacket tube and a steering shaft which is axially contractible and rotatably disposed through bearings inside the jacket tube. A lower bracket is fixed to a lower end section of the jacket tube. An upper bracket is fixed to a generally intermediate section of the jacket tube. In this steering column, the upper bracket includes a body installation section to be connected to a vehicle body. The body installation section has first and second side portions which are separate from each other. First and second front wall sections respectively extend from and are integral with the first and second side portions of the body installation section. The first and second front wall sections are respectively generally perpendicular to the first and second side portions of the installation section. First and second column installation sections are respectively integral with and generally perpendicular to the first and second front wall sections.

Abstract: A steering shaft is supported for tilting-up and tilting-down movements by a pivot mechanism, which includes a base member fixed to a steering hanger in an instrument panel, on arm member pivotably supported on the base member through a fulcrum pin, and holder which support the steering shaft on the arm member. When the steering shaft is pulled forwards and downwards as a result of collision of the vehicle, the end of the forward and downward turning of the arm member is inhibited by the contact of a ceiling wall of the arm member with a stopper face of a stopper, thereby preventing tilting-up of the steering shaft.

Abstract: A cross beam is mounted in a vehicle body between cowls on opposite sides of the vehicle body in a position to support a steering column. A bracket on one end of the beam has two slots which engage two locator studs on one of the cowls and provide increased body torsional stiffness. A second bracket is sleeved on the opposite end of the beam and has one slot engageable with a locator stud on the other cowl. The beam can be hung in the vehicle on these locator studs prior to driving fasteners which rigidly secure the brackets to the cowls. The second bracket may then be rigidly bolted to the beam.

Abstract: A steering wheel includes a metal ring mounted on a steering shaft with a boss plate and at least one spoke. An adaptor is provided in the boss plate for securing the boss plate to the steering shaft. The adaptor includes a cylindrical portion into which the steering shaft is inserted and a yoke formed integrally with the cylindrical portion for holding the steering shaft. The yoke has flexible ends constituting a pair of clamping pieces. One of the clamping pieces is provided with a bolt hole while the other is provided with a through hole. A bolt is inserted through the through hole and then screwed into the bolt hole for holding the steering shaft with the yoke. A lower cover, which is made from a synthetic resin, surrounds the steering shaft and covers a lower part of the steering wheel. A holder is provided in the lower cover for supporting the bolt in a ready position to prevent the bolt from falling off the yoke. The bolt is accessible from the side of the steering wheel.

Abstract: A steering column support for a motor vehicle includes a steering column unit, a cross member supporting the steering column unit, at least one reinforcing strut connected with the cross member, and a receiving element for a knee restraint connected with the reinforcing strut(s) and the steering column unit. The steering column support controls and prevent undesirable vibration of the steering wheel.

Abstract: A steering column for a motor vehicle comprises struts as a support of the steering column tube on vehicle parts. At least one of these struts extends in the transverse direction of the vehicle. On at least one transversely extending strut, at least one separating point is constructed by way of which, in the event of a crash load, the strut can be divided into mutually separated strut parts. During a crash, an unfavorable movement of the steering column tube is therefore prevented.

Abstract: Disclosed is an automobile steering shaft mounting system which includes a support plate, fixed to a car body and having support member extending on its four corners; a bracket, which cups around a steering shaft and is able to be connected with the support members and move toward and away from the car body in a fixed sphere; cams, mounted to both sides of a fixed axis and can move the bracket toward and away from the car body to connect and disconnect with the support members; and an actuator, controlled by an electronic control unit when the ECU receives signals from an engine rotation sensor, and which rotates the cams according to the inputted signals.

Abstract: A steering wheel assembly generally comprises a hub having a bore for receiving an outer end of a steering column shaft. A gear having circumferentially spaced teeth is disposed within an upper end of the bore. The gear includes threads complementary to threads on an outer end of the steering column shaft. A hub cap is threadably secured over an outer end of the bore in the hub, thereby retaining the gear within the hub. A hub plate is secured to the hub and provides structure to which an airbag inflator is secured above the hub and hub cap. During removal of the steering wheel assembly from the steering column shaft, the gear impinges upon the hub cap and directly transmits force to the hub to separate the hub from the steering column shaft.

Abstract: A lower bearing assembly for supporting a steering shaft within a tubular jacket of an automotive steering column. The steering shaft is of double-D configuration having two diametrically opposite, arcuate side walls and two diametrically opposite parallel flats. A cup is fitted within the jacket having a hole in the bottom wall through which the steering shaft extends. A bearing within the cup supports the steering shaft for rotation. A wedge tube is sleeved on the steering shaft and has a tapered nose wedged between the bearing and the steering shaft. A compression coil spring encircles the wedge tube and bears on a flange on the wedge tube to hold the nose of the wedge tube wedged tightly between the bearing and the steering shaft. A retaining ring is sleeved on the steering shaft and holds the spring under compression. The inner edge of the retaining ring has the same double-D configuration as the steering shaft.

Abstract: An energy absorbing mounting bracket is made of a flat rolled steel and includes a frame having a window through which a mast jacket of a steering column protrudes defined by a plurality of flat walls which plastically deform in twist instead of in hinge-like bending. The frame includes a horizontal flat wall above the mast jacket and a pair of generally diagonal flat walls converging toward an apex below the mast jacket where the mast jacket is rigidly connected to the mounting bracket. A mounting flange in the middle of the horizontal flat wall defines a platform whereat the frame is rigidly attached to a body structure of the motor vehicle in cantilever fashion with the frame extending laterally on both sides of the mounting flange so that each of the flat walls of the frame reacts in bending and in twist against a force on the mast jacket in a collapse direction.

Abstract: A vehicular assembly incorporating knee bolsters and supporting the steering column. The assembly uses a beam fabricated largely from integrally injection molded plastic that is capable of reinforcing the knee bolsters, supporting the instrument panel and forming the ducts of an air distribution system. In the event of a collision, the knee bolster plates are stabilized so that they can cushion and limit the movement of the knees of a driver or passenger. The beam supports the steering column of the vehicle so that the first bending mode frequency of the combination of the steering wheel and the beam is greater than the first bending mode frequency of the body and is different from the idle excitation frequency of an engine employed in the vehicle.

Abstract: Apparatus for dampening vibration of a steering column which permits quick release and axial collapse of the steering column in a collision. Mounting brackets on the steering column have slide bars which fit in grooves in support brackets secured to the vehicle frame. Wedges fit in recesses between the slide bars and grooves to dampen vibration. The wedges release instantly when the steering column collapses in a frontal impact, allowing the collapse of the steering column without interference.

Abstract: A structure of a connector arrangement for vehicles has a male and a female connector (3, 5, 10, 11) one (10, 11) of which is attached to a vehicle body and the other (3, 5) is wired within an instrument panel, and fixing bolts (16, 17) for regularly fitting the male and female connectors to each other. The connector (10, 11) is upwardly and downwardly, rightwardly and leftwardly displaceably supported a fixed frame (24e) as a bracket disposed on a steering member (24) through a floating case (25), etc. The connector (3, 5) is mounted in position where the connector (3, 5) can be temporarily fitted into the connector (10, 11) attached to the vehicle body, at the time the steering member (24) is mounted on a vehicle body panel (7).

Abstract: A steering column support for mounting a steering column in a vehicle comprises a mounting plate having a first surface for engaging the vehicle and a channel for receiving the steering column located on a side opposite from the first surface. The mounting plate is connectable in any one of a plurality of positions along an axis of the steering column. The mounting plate further includes slots located on opposite sides of the channel for receiving fasteners for connecting the mounting plate to the vehicle.

Abstract: A steering column assembly includes a modular plug-in characteristic. A receiver is rigidly secured on a vehicle cross-car beam. A modular main housing assembly is slidably received by the receiver. Docking of electrical and mechanical connectors occurs as the modular main housing assembly is inserted into the receiver. A lower steering column shaft portion is supported within the receiver. The modular main housing assembly includes an upper steering column shaft portion for mating with the lower steering column shaft portion. The modular main housing assembly is installed in the receiver at any stage in a vehicle assembly after the instrument panel is installed.

Abstract: A motor vehicle steering column including a longitudinally collapsible mast jacket, a lower mount whereat the mast jacket is supported for vertical pivotal movement, and an upper mount consisting of a pair of stationary rigid strikers and a pair of releasable capsules on the mast jacket each of which receives in plug-in fashion and automatically retains a corresponding one of the strikers. Each of the capsules includes a socket, a plunger bore intersecting the socket, a plunger in the plunger bore, and a plunger spring biasing the plunger toward an extended position partially obstructing the socket. Each striker has a cam at a distal end thereof and an inverted frustoconical body. When the mast jacket is pivoted vertically up, the cams on the strikers shift the plungers inward in the plunger bores.

Abstract: This steering column assembly especially for a motor vehicle, of the type including, at least at one of its ends, means for screw-fastening to the rest of the structure of the vehicle, is characterized in that it includes means (5) for centring and for hooking onto the rest of the structure of the vehicle, in order to facilitate the fitting of the screwing means and of the assembly to the rest of the structure of the vehicle.

Abstract: A clamp yoke having an angular adjustable insert. The angular adjustable insert has a profiled bore which is complementary to the profile of a shaft. The adjustability of the insert allows the insert to be rotated slightly during installation to account for tolerances in both the clamp yoke and the device the clamp yoke is being installed into. Preferably, the insert is axially restrained within the clamp yoke to prevent the insert from falling out of the clamp yoke prior to installation.