1450results about "Steering columns" patented technology

A steering system for use in turning steerable vehicle wheels includes a steering wheel and a housing. A pinion is in the housing and connected to the steering wheel via a shaft such that rotation of the steering wheel urges the pinion to rotate about an axis relative to the housing. The pinion has a recess. An elastic element is compressed in the recess between the pinion and the shaft. The elastic element applies an axial force to the pinion that dampens axial movements of the pinion relative to the housing.

A foldable vehicle may include a chassis comprising a static support, a dynamic chassis frame that includes at least two substantially opposite frame parts and a folding mechanism for decreasing or increasing a distance between the at least two substantially opposite frame parts across a lateral axis of the vehicle between a folded state and an unfolded state; and a controller to control the folding mechanism.

Both of a requirement for absorption of an impact load in a collision and a requirement for layout of direction and position of a steering wheel are satisfied based on a vehicle-body front structure that includes a partition wall portion which demarcates a vehicle cabin inside space. A lower-side portion of the partition wall portion is formed to be positioned further to vehicle rear toward a lower position. A traveling motor is installed below the lower-side portion of the partition wall portion. A recess portion which is recessed toward vehicle front is formed in a portion, on an upper side of the traveling motor, in the partition wall portion. An inserting hole through which a steering shaft is inserted is formed in a lower wall portion of the recess portion.

A steering column for a motor vehicle comprises an actuating unit. A steering spindle is mounted rotatably about a longitudinal axis extending in the longitudinal direction. A supporting unit is connectable to a motor vehicle body and in which the actuating unit is held so as to be displaceable in the longitudinal direction. An energy absorption device, which is incorporated between the supporting unit and the actuating unit, has an elongate energy absorption element fastened to the actuating unit or to the supporting unit via a fastening. A deformation member, which interacts with the energy absorption element, is attached to the supporting unit or to the actuating unit. In the event of a crash with a relative displacement of actuating unit and supporting unit, the deformation member brings about an energy-absorbing plastic deformation of the energy absorption element.

A steering system for use in turning steerable vehicle wheels includes a steering wheel and a housing. A pinion gear is located in the housing and is connected to the steering wheel via a shaft, so that the rotation of the steering wheel forces the pinion gear to rotate around an axis relative to the housing. The pinion gear has a recess. An elastic element is compressed in the recess between the pinion gear and the shaft. The elastic element exerts an axial force on the pinion gear, which dampens axial movements of the pinion gear relative to the housing.

The invention relates to a road construction machine, in particular a road paver or a tandem roller, for working a ground in a forward direction with an operating device which can be displaced and swiveled.

A steering column assembly includes a lower jacket. The steering column assembly also includes an upper jacket disposed within the lower jacket and being telescopingly adjustable relative to the lower jacket. The steering column assembly further includes a telescope drive assembly electrically moving a telescope drive nut axially to telescopingly adjust the upper jacket. The steering column assembly yet further includes an energy absorption strap directly coupled to the upper jacket and directly coupled to the telescope drive nut to transfer axial movement of the telescope drive nut to the upper jacket.

A vehicle includes a chassis, a body, and a door assembly. The body is supported by the chassis, and defines a driver compartment and a cargo compartment. The driver compartment has a cab opening and the cargo compartment has a cargo opening. The door assembly is coupled to the body and provides selective access into the driver compartment and into the cargo compartment through the cab opening and cargo opening, respectively. The door assembly includes a first door and a second door. The first door is movable between a first position extending across the cab opening and a second position extending at least partially across a portion of the cab opening. The second door is movable between a third position extending across the cargo opening and a fourth position extending at least partially across a portion of the cab opening.

A motor vehicle is described, which comprises: a passenger compartment; a plurality of driving members, which are housed inside the passenger compartment and can be operated by a driver in order to control the trajectory and the speed of the motor vehicle; at least one control member connected to one of the driving members through a drive by wire mode; the motor vehicle is selectively available in a first configuration, wherein the passenger compartment defines a first seat for a driver facing the control member and a second seat for a passenger beside the first seat along an axis; and a second configuration, wherein the passenger compartment only defines a third seat for a driver; the first seat being arranged, in the first configuration, in a first position and the third seat being arranged, in the second configuration, in a second position spaced apart from the first position along the axis; the driving member can be moved along the axis to enable the transformation of the motor vehicle between said first and second configurations.

Road vehicle having a longitudinal direction parallel to the direction of travel and a transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction; the road vehicle comprises a steering wheel inside the passenger compartment on the driver's side; a dashboard and a steering column on one side connected to the steering wheel and on the opposite side connected to the dashboard; wherein the dashboard comprises:a supporting plate behind the steering wheel that supports human-vehicle interface controls and a first information display screen;a central information display screen along the transverse direction at the side of the supporting plate toward the passenger;wherein the plate and the central screen are integrated with each other in a single structure.

A steering column may include a steering shaft that is mounted so as to be rotatable about its longitudinal axis relative to a steering column housing and a revolution limiter to limit rotation of the steering shaft. The revolution limiter has a winding core that is connected fixedly to the steering shaft for conjoint rotation therewith. A strap element may be attached to both the winding core and the steering column housing. The strap element may be elongate, may be deformable flexibly transversely with respect to its longitudinal extent, and may have a strap section that can be wound on the winding core in a winding direction around the longitudinal axis. To decrease complexity and to facilitate compactness, the winding direction of the strap section is reversible.

The invention relates to a corner limiting mechanism, a steering system and a vehicle, the corner limiting mechanism comprises a shell, a connecting cylinder and a limiting assembly, a mounting cavity is formed in the shell, the connecting cylinder is arranged in the mounting cavity and can rotate relative to the mounting cavity, a connecting part is arranged on the outer wall of the connecting cylinder, and the limiting assembly comprises a fixing part and a rotating part; the fixing part is fixedly installed in the installation cavity and provided with a fixing part, the rotating part is rotatably arranged outside the connecting cylinder in a sleeving mode, the connecting cylinder is provided with a left limit position and a right limit position, and when the connecting cylinder is located between the left limit position and the right limit position, the connecting cylinder can drive the rotating part to rotate relative to the installation cavity. At any one of the left limit position and the right limit position, the connecting part abuts against the rotating part in the circumferential direction of the connecting cylinder, and the rotating part abuts against the fixing part in the circumferential direction of the connecting cylinder so as to limit the connecting cylinder to rotate relative to the mounting cavity. The corner limiting mechanism is simple in structure, and the production cost of the corner limiting mechanism can be reduced.

A mechatronic system for stable operation of a narrow-enclosed vehicle is disclosed. The system comprises of a pair of coaxial planetary gear sets comprising a sun gear (101, 201), a carrier (102, 202), a planet gear (103, 203), and a ring gear (104, 204). A tilt subsystem (105) driven by the rotational motion of the ring gears (104, 204) to adjust the tilt angle of the narrow-enclosed vehicle and a steering subsystem (205) connected to an output shaft (200) and configured to steer the narrow-enclosed vehicle. Further, a first holding device (150), a second holding device (250) and a third holding device (53) are selectively engageable to control the rotational motion of the ring gears (104, 204) and the carriers (102, 202). An electric motor (51) is controlled by an electric control unit (52) to provide torque for adjusting the tilt and steering of the narrow-enclosed vehicle and an actuator subsystem (54) is controlled by the electronic control unit (52) to engage or disengage the first holding device (150), the second holding device (250) and third holding device (53), thus enhancing the vehicle's stability and maneuverability.

The utility model provides a steering structure and an all-terrain vehicle. The steering mechanism is used for connecting a steering wheel and a steering gear of the vehicle and comprises a support, a first shell, an adjusting device, a steering shaft and a power-assisted steering device. The support is used for connecting a vehicle body. The first shell is rotationally connected with the bracket; the adjusting device is connected with the first shell and the support so as to drive the first shell to rotate. One end of the steering shaft is connected with the steering wheel, and the other end is connected with the power-assisted steering device through a universal joint; the power-assisted steering device is connected with a steering gear through a universal joint. The first shell, the adjusting device and the power-assisted steering device in the steering system are integrally installed on the support, so that the situation that the assembly difficulty is large due to the fact that the first shell, the adjusting device and the power-assisted steering device are connected with a vehicle body through other parts is avoided, the number of the parts is reduced, meanwhile, the compactness of the overall structure and the precision control performance of manufacturing and assembly are improved, and the assembly difficulty is reduced; and the installation process with the vehicle body is simplified.

The utility model belongs to the field of structural design of vehicle steering systems, and particularly relates to a steering column structure based on a drive-by-wire system and a vehicle, and the steering column structure based on the drive-by-wire system comprises a steering column body used for being connected with a steering wheel to transmit rotating torque; the steering hand force feedback mechanism comprises a rotating shaft, a rotating block and an elastic piece; the rotating block is connected to the rotating shaft, and the elastic piece is connected to the rotating block and can stretch out and draw back in the axial direction of the rotating shaft. Wherein the rotating shaft is connected with the steering column body so as to be driven by the steering column body to rotate, and the rotating block is arranged to be capable of moving in the axial direction of the rotating shaft under rotation of the rotating shaft and stretching and / or compressing the elastic piece at the same time so as to provide feedback torque for a steering wheel. Under the rotation of the rotating shaft, the rotating block can move in the axial direction of the rotating shaft and stretch or compress the elastic piece. Telescopic deformation of the elastic piece can generate feedback torque, the feedback torque is transmitted to a steering wheel through the steering column body, and mechanical feedback is provided for a driver.

The invention relates to the field of vehicles, and provides a steering angle limiting assembly applied to steer-by-wire, a steer-by-wire system and a vehicle. The steering angle limiting assembly applied to the steer-by-wire comprises a connecting sleeve, at least one circular ring body and a fixing piece, wherein the periphery of the connecting sleeve is sequentially sleeved with the at least one circular ring body in the axial direction. The at least one circular ring body sequentially sleeves the periphery of the connecting sleeve in the axial direction, a clamping part is arranged at the first end of the connecting sleeve, a fixing piece is arranged at the second end of the connecting sleeve, and the fixing piece is provided with a limiting part. The first end face and the second end face, opposite in the axial direction, of each circular ring body are each provided with a protruding part formed in the axial direction in a protruding mode, the protruding part of the first end face is used for being in limiting fit with the clamping part or the protruding part on the second end face of one adjacent circular ring body in the circumferential direction, and the protruding part of the second end face is in limiting fit with the limiting part in the circumferential direction. Installation of the connecting sleeve and the rotating shaft and assembly of the connecting sleeve, the circular ring body and the fixing piece are all simple and easy to operate. The connecting sleeve, the circular ring body and the fixing piece are easy to machine and low in cost.

The invention discloses a steering column adjusting mechanism, a steering system and a vehicle, the steering column adjusting mechanism comprises a steering shaft, a tube shell and an elastic mechanism, the peripheral side of the steering shaft is sleeved with the tube shell, the elastic mechanism is located between the steering shaft and the tube shell, and the elastic mechanism is used for limiting the steering shaft. According to the steering column adjusting mechanism, the elastic mechanism is arranged between the steering shaft and the tube shell, when the steering shaft rotates relative to the tube shell, at least part of the elastic mechanism can generate elastic deformation, and the elastic mechanism can apply acting force to the steering shaft to prevent the steering shaft from continuously rotating; in this way, the rotating angle of the steering shaft can be limited, the steering column adjusting mechanism is simple in structure, and the manufacturing cost of the steering column adjusting mechanism can be reduced.

A wedge assembly for a steering column assembly including a wedge body and a pre-load member. The wedge body has a generally curved column tube contact face for contacting an outer surface of a column tube and a column housing contact face configured to contact a column housing. The wedge assembly has a thick edge and a thin edge, and the thickness of the wedge body decreases from the thick edge to the thin edge. The pre-load member has an elongated body between a first and a second end. The first end and the second end are secured to and / or positioned within the wedge body. A steering column assembly including the wedge assembly, a column tube, and column housing is also contemplated.

A steering arrangement (10) for a motor vehicle is provided, comprising a steering shaft (16) connectable to a handlebar (12) for steering the motor vehicle, a steering housing (14), wherein the steering shaft (16) is mounted rotatably and, at least in a crash situation, linearly displaceably in the steering housing (14), and a display instrument (18) for displaying vehicle data, wherein the display instrument (18) has a base part fastened to the steering shaft (16) or to the steering housing (14) and a display part (26) fastened to the base part so as to be pivotable about a pivot axis (28), and is designed to be pivotable away under an impact force (F) acting on an edge (22) of the display part (26) pointing away from the steering housing (14).By pivoting the display part (26) away when impact forces (F) occur, the risk of injury can be reduced without causing unnecessary damage to the display instrument (18), so that good accident protection in a motor vehicle is possible in a cost-effective and damage-resistant manner.

A bearing assembly system for a vehicle steering system includes a tubular member having a radially inwardly protruding shoulder, the tubular member having a stake portion angling radially inwardly, the stake portion having a stake surface. The bearing assembly system also includes a bearing disposed within the tubular member and in contact with the radially inwardly protruding shoulder. The bearing assembly system further includes a retainer disposed within the tubular member and in contact with the bearing, the bearing disposed between the retainer and the radially inwardly protruding shoulder, the retainer having an angled surface, the angled surface in flush contact with the stake surface in a fully assembled condition.

A vehicle comprising a body, a seat assembly comprising, in turn, a seat for a driver, and a guide coupled to the body and to the seat assembly so as to constrain the seat assembly relative to the body allowing for a translation movement of the seat assembly along a moving direction, characterized in that the moving direction is lateral relative to a driving direction of the vehicle.

A wireless network, systems and methods, wherein each passenger-carrying rideable vehicle deployed in the system includes: a modular construction consisting of a lightweight body driven by an electric-battery driven motor, and specially adapted for receiving a customizable ornamental body having the appearance and personality of a particular or an inanimate object; motorized and / or animated elements disposed beneath the animal character skin covering for enabling animal behaviors and / or expressions that promote a fun and entertaining ride experience; an audio-transducers mounted within the animal character body for playing music from smartphone applications and animated animal character body portions to provide a sense of realism and excitement as the electric entertainment vehicle is ridden through an amusement facility.

The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for controlling a steering system, and more particularly, to a method and an apparatus for adjusting an operation mode of a steering system according to the degree by which a steering wheel is stowed or the degree by which the steering wheel is folded.

Disclosed is a vehicle steering device. The vehicle steering device includes: a steering wheel; a shroud coupled with the steering wheel and including, in an upper portion thereof, a mounting groove configured to mount a user terminal; and a mounting cover hingedly coupled to the upper portion of the shroud. In response that the mounting cover is rotated, the mounting groove is exposed to allow the user terminal to be mounted via the mounting groove and the mounting cover.

An I-shaft assembly includes an upper shaft extending along an axis between a first upper end and a first lower end bounding a first hollow bore. An intermediate shaft extends along the axis between a second upper end and a second lower end bounding a second hollow bore. The second upper end is disposed in the first hollow bore. A lower shaft extends along the axis between a third upper end and a third lower end disposed in the second hollow bore. The upper shaft is releasably fixed for controlled movement along the axis relative to the intermediate shaft, and the lower shaft is releasably fixed against movement along the axis relative to the intermediate shaft during a normal operating condition. The upper shaft moves along the axis relative to the intermediate shaft and the lower shaft moves along the axis relative to the intermediate shaft during an abnormal operating condition.

The utility model relates to the technical field of steering systems, in particular to a rotation limiting device of a steer-by-wire column capable of bearing high torque. The utility model discloses a rotation limiting device capable of bearing high torque for a steer-by-wire column. The rotation limiting device is characterized in that a locking mechanism is coupled below a corner mechanism; the rotating inner ring, the rotating middle ring, the rotating outer ring, the rotating upper ring and the rotating lower ring are sequentially and mutually nested and connected to a worm wheel shaft of the wire steering wheel from top to bottom; the bottom of the worm wheel shaft is coupled with an inner cam, the outer side of the inner cam is sleeved with the upper portion of an outer cam, and the lower portion of the outer cam is sleeved with a nut. A reset spring is sleeved on the outer cam between the upper part of the outer cam and the nut; a servo shell is arranged on the outer side of the turning mechanism and the outer side of the locking mechanism. Compared with the prior art, the steer-by-wire column only needs to provide the rotating torque for simulating road feeling, so that the steer-by-wire column adopts an annular design which is smaller in space and more compact in structure.

A steering column assembly includes a lower jacket. The steering column assembly also includes an upper jacket disposed within the lower jacket and being telescopingly adjustable relative to the lower jacket. The steering column assembly further includes a telescope drive assembly electrically moving a telescope drive nut axially to telescopingly adjust the upper jacket. The steering column assembly yet further includes an energy absorption strap directly coupled to the upper jacket and directly coupled to the telescope drive nut to transfer axial movement of the telescope drive nut to the upper jacket.