Steering device for motor vehicles

摘要

A steering device for a motor vehicle has a steering wheel which is connected in a rotationally fixed fashion to a steering shaft which is continuously hollow and through which at least an electrical conductor is led in order to make electrical connection with steering-wheel-side equipment. The conductor, in particular flexible conductor tracks, highly flexible cables, and/or flat conductor ribbons, is guided in an axial direction through the entire steering shaft, and emerges therefrom at the two ends of the steering shaft, and is surrounded essentially by a protective device. The protective device has two protective tubes which can be changed in length in the axial direction, in particular by moving them in and out in a telescopic fashion.

主权项

1. A steering device for a motor vehicle equipped with a steering wheel connected in a rotationally rigid manner to a steering shaft that is hollow from end-to-end, comprising:
an electrical conductor operatively configured to extend from end-to-end through the hollow steering shaft, one end of the electrical conductor being operatively configured to make an electrical connection with equipment on a steering wheel side of the steering shaft, a protective device surrounding the electrical conductor, the protective device comprising two protective tubes; and wherein a length of the protective device and a length of the electrical conductor are axially variable by movement of the two protective tubes.