GB1126071A - Improvements in or relating to vehicle steering shaft assemblies - Google Patents

Improvements in or relating to vehicle steering shaft assemblies

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Publication number
GB1126071A
GB1126071A GB1381/66A GB138166A GB1126071A GB 1126071 A GB1126071 A GB 1126071A GB 1381/66 A GB1381/66 A GB 1381/66A GB 138166 A GB138166 A GB 138166A GB 1126071 A GB1126071 A GB 1126071A
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Prior art keywords
sleeve
shaft
recesses
shafts
section
Prior art date
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Expired
Application number
GB1381/66A
Inventor
Godfrey Roy Holmes
Leslie Gaillard Freeman
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GKN Service UK Ltd
Original Assignee
Birfield Engineering Ltd
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Publication date
Application filed by Birfield Engineering Ltd filed Critical Birfield Engineering Ltd
Priority to GB1381/66A priority Critical patent/GB1126071A/en
Priority to DE19671530971 priority patent/DE1530971A1/en
Priority to FR90744A priority patent/FR1508456A/en
Priority to ES0335505A priority patent/ES335505A1/en
Publication of GB1126071A publication Critical patent/GB1126071A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16C—SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
    • F16C3/00—Shafts; Axles; Cranks; Eccentrics
    • F16C3/02—Shafts; Axles
    • F16C3/03—Shafts; Axles telescopic
    • F16C3/035—Shafts; Axles telescopic with built-in bearings
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62D—MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS
    • B62D1/00—Steering controls, i.e. means for initiating a change of direction of the vehicle
    • B62D1/02—Steering controls, i.e. means for initiating a change of direction of the vehicle vehicle-mounted
    • B62D1/16—Steering columns
    • B62D1/18—Steering columns yieldable or adjustable, e.g. tiltable
    • B62D1/19—Steering columns yieldable or adjustable, e.g. tiltable incorporating energy-absorbing arrangements, e.g. by being yieldable or collapsible
    • B62D1/192—Yieldable or collapsible columns
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16C—SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
    • F16C29/00—Bearings for parts moving only linearly
    • F16C29/02—Sliding-contact bearings
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16D—COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES
    • F16D3/00—Yielding couplings, i.e. with means permitting movement between the connected parts during the drive
    • F16D3/02—Yielding couplings, i.e. with means permitting movement between the connected parts during the drive adapted to specific functions
    • F16D3/06—Yielding couplings, i.e. with means permitting movement between the connected parts during the drive adapted to specific functions specially adapted to allow axial displacement
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16C—SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
    • F16C2326/00—Articles relating to transporting
    • F16C2326/20—Land vehicles
    • F16C2326/24—Steering systems, e.g. steering rods or columns

Abstract

1,126,071. Flexible shafts ; collapsible shafts. BIRFIELD ENG. Ltd. 9 Jan., 1967 [12 Jan., 1966], No. 1381/66. Heading F2U. [Also in Division B7] A motor-vehicle telescopic flexible steering column shaft which will collapse under vehic e impact and which also reduces noise transmission from the engine compartment, comprises a hard rubber or polyurethane sleeve 4 fast in a tubular outer shaft 3 with a solid rectangular cross-section inner shaft 2 axially slidable in the sleeve 4. The sleeve may be moulded directly in the tubular outer shaft 3 or may be moulded separately in one or more parts with one or more projections 9 which register in corresponding side holes 12 in the wall of the tube 3, the sleeve being collapsed to allow the projections to enter the tube and spring outwards into the holes before the inner shaft 2 is fitted. The inner surface 7 of the sleeve is coated with P.T.F.E. by bonding or impregnation, the surface 7 also having longitudinal lubricant reservoir recesses 8 packed with grease on assembly. A staked projection 15 or peened rivet (Fig. 4, not shown) retains the assembly during storage &c. As shown, the outer tubular shaft 2 may also be rectangular in cross-section whereby the sleeve 4 is in torque-transmitting compression and the joint fails-safe in the event of rupture of the sleeve 4, or, the outer member may be of elliptical cross-section (Fig. 5, not shown) whereby the sleeve 4 is in torque-transmitting shear. In Figs. 6 and 7 (not shown), steel rollers (22) in the flat plastics cages (23) are interposed between the inner shaft 2 and longitudinal recesses (20) in the sleeve 4 to increase torsional stiffness and reduce axial sliding friction, the bases of the recesses (20) being lined with shim steel to further reduce rolling resistance of the needle rollers and also prevent roller indentation in the recesses base surfaces. Conventional yoke members 1 of Hook's type joints are secured to the ends of the shafts 2, 3, the latter of which may be additionally lined beyond the sleeve 4 with foamed synthetic plastics material acting as a further noise damper.
GB1381/66A 1966-01-12 1966-01-12 Improvements in or relating to vehicle steering shaft assemblies Expired GB1126071A (en)

Priority Applications (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB1381/66A GB1126071A (en) 1966-01-12 1966-01-12 Improvements in or relating to vehicle steering shaft assemblies
DE19671530971 DE1530971A1 (en) 1966-01-12 1967-01-10 Drive shaft for steering column drives of motor vehicles
FR90744A FR1508456A (en) 1966-01-12 1967-01-11 Improvements to drive shafts
ES0335505A ES335505A1 (en) 1966-01-12 1967-01-11 Improvements in or relative to transmission trees. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB1381/66A GB1126071A (en) 1966-01-12 1966-01-12 Improvements in or relating to vehicle steering shaft assemblies

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GB1126071A true GB1126071A (en) 1968-09-05

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DE (1) DE1530971A1 (en)
ES (1) ES335505A1 (en)
FR (1) FR1508456A (en)
GB (1) GB1126071A (en)

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US3703105A (en) * 1971-08-20 1972-11-21 Gen Motors Corp Collapsible shift tube asembly
US3714841A (en) * 1970-04-03 1973-02-06 Citroen Sa Telescopic device for transmitting rotary movement
US3808838A (en) * 1971-07-30 1974-05-07 Gkn Transmissions Ltd Joint structures in or for rotary shafts
US4479786A (en) * 1983-03-07 1984-10-30 The Torrington Company Shaft assembly
US5259818A (en) * 1989-04-14 1993-11-09 Fuji Kiko Company, Limited Stroke absorbing type intermediate shaft for vehicular steering column and method for assembling the same
US6093107A (en) * 1997-03-07 2000-07-25 Gkn Gelenkwellenbau Gmbh Driveshaft with anti-disengagement means
CN101420155B (en) * 2007-10-25 2011-05-11 鞍钢电气有限责任公司 Restoration method for shaft break of motor
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US4033020A (en) * 1975-08-04 1977-07-05 Trw Inc. Method of making a slip joint
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US4153260A (en) * 1978-06-02 1979-05-08 Dana Corporation Slip spline seal assembly
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DE19750005C1 (en) * 1997-11-12 1999-04-22 Supervis Ets Length-alterable steering spindle for road vehicle
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JP4129632B2 (en) * 2003-04-21 2008-08-06 三菱自動車エンジニアリング株式会社 Elastic shaft coupling
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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3714841A (en) * 1970-04-03 1973-02-06 Citroen Sa Telescopic device for transmitting rotary movement
US3808838A (en) * 1971-07-30 1974-05-07 Gkn Transmissions Ltd Joint structures in or for rotary shafts
US3703105A (en) * 1971-08-20 1972-11-21 Gen Motors Corp Collapsible shift tube asembly
US4479786A (en) * 1983-03-07 1984-10-30 The Torrington Company Shaft assembly
US5259818A (en) * 1989-04-14 1993-11-09 Fuji Kiko Company, Limited Stroke absorbing type intermediate shaft for vehicular steering column and method for assembling the same
US6093107A (en) * 1997-03-07 2000-07-25 Gkn Gelenkwellenbau Gmbh Driveshaft with anti-disengagement means
CN101420155B (en) * 2007-10-25 2011-05-11 鞍钢电气有限责任公司 Restoration method for shaft break of motor
EP2921370A2 (en) 2014-03-19 2015-09-23 ZLKL, s.r.o. Telescopic connecting steering rod
US9359000B2 (en) 2014-03-19 2016-06-07 Elbee Mobility S.R.O. Telescopic connecting steering rod
CN105643185A (en) * 2016-03-31 2016-06-08 广西恒达电机科技有限公司 Motor main shaft repairing method
CN108317178A (en) * 2017-01-16 2018-07-24 阿文美驰技术有限责任公司 Slide yoke assembly
US10323692B2 (en) 2017-01-16 2019-06-18 Arvinmeritor Technology, Llc Slip yoke assembly
CN108317178B (en) * 2017-01-16 2019-12-20 阿文美驰技术有限责任公司 Slip yoke assembly

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
FR1508456A (en) 1968-01-05
DE1530971A1 (en) 1970-08-06
ES335505A1 (en) 1967-12-16

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