US 12,330,707 B2
Adjustment device for steering columns of vehicles
Ralf Sedlmeier, Pleidelsheim (DE); Jörg Hauhoff, Altdorf (DE); Thomas Herrlich, Putzbrunn (DE); and Aleksandar Antonov, Izbeglii (BG)
Assigned to Willi Elbe Gelenkwellen GmbH & Co. KG, Tamm (DE)
Filed by Willi Elbe Gelenkwellen GmbH & Co. KG, Tamm (DE)
Filed on Apr. 4, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/626,369.
Claims priority of application No. 102023001452.4 (DE), filed on Apr. 6, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0336295 A1, Oct. 10, 2024
Int. Cl. B62D 1/187 (2006.01); B62D 1/181 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 1/187 (2013.01) [B62D 1/181 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adjustment device for steering columns of vehicles, comprising:
a length-adjustable steering shaft (2) to which a steering element (1) can be connected; and
a drive unit (27) for length adjustment of the steering shaft (2),
wherein the steering shaft (2) has a guide tube (13) which is non-displaceably connected to a holder (33),
wherein an axially displaceable inner tube (6) projects into the guide tube (13),
wherein the inner tube (6) is drive-connected to the drive unit (27),
wherein the inner tube (6) can be connected to the steering element (1),
wherein the guide tube (13) has an axially extending slot (25) through which a driver projects, and
wherein the driver is firmly connected to the inner tube (6) and is drive-connected to the drive unit (27).