DEVELOPMENT OF NEW TILT-WHEEL STEERING COLUMN WITH "MEMORY"

Unlike conventional tilt-wheel devices, the newly developed ones have a "memory mechanism" which allows steering wheels to return to pre-set tilt-angle positions selected by individual drivers using only a single lever. This paper describes the design of such devices and outlines the engineering and test results regarding certain problems, such as the vibration of the systems and influences on the original energy-absorbing characteristics caused by weight addition and increased complexity of the wheel columns.

• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Passenger Car Meeting, Dearborn, Michigan, June 6-9, 1983.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • Yamaguchi, M
  • Ikeda, T
  • Oka, S
• Publication Date: 1983

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 11 p.
• Serial:
  • SAE Technical Paper
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
  • ISSN: 0148-7191
  • EISSN: 2688-3627
  • Serial URL: http://papers.sae.org/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automotive engineering; Energy absorption; Memory; Steering columns; Stiffness; Technology; Vibration
• Geographic Terms: Japan
• Old TRIS Terms: Tilting
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00381379
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE 830997, HS-035 507
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 29 1984 12:00AM