Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPS6439171
Kind Code:
U
Abstract:
In order to produce free space ahead of the driver of an automobile for the braking of said driver caused by a safety belt in case of a crash, the steering wheel together with the upper parts of the steering column and the steering column tube are urged toward a retracted position by a compression spring which is normally retained in compressed condition by a locking latch disposed between the vehicle body and the upper steering column tube. The release of the latch results from displacement of a lower steering column tube part during a crash which, upon such displacement, lifts a locking nose out of a recess in the upper steering colum part.
Application Number:
JP11560188U
Publication Date:
March 08, 1989
Filing Date:
September 03, 1988
Export Citation:
International Classes:
B62D1/19; (IPC1-7): B62D1/18
Domestic Patent References:
| JPS5418809A | 1979-02-13 | |||
| JPS607980U | 1985-01-19 | |||
| JP46033938U | ||||
| JP45027726A | ||||
| JPS4828489U | 1973-04-07 |