Steering Columns: Description

Vehicles incorporate an energy absorbing steering column. Steering column is bolted directly to steering gear, having the steering worm as an integral part of steering shaft. Column and shaft collapse on impact by collapsing column and shearing plastic pins in steering shaft. Shaft is composed of an inner and outer shaft. Inner shaft will not rotate in outer shaft due to design configuration but will slide in and out when pins are sheared off. Column collapses by collapsing mesh jacket tube at lower end of column.