| 摘要 |
An energy-absorbing steering column for a motor vehicle including a housing, an energy absorber between the housing and a body structure of the motor vehicle, a box-shaped bracket on the body structure surrounding a first end of the housing for vertical support, and a horizontal rod on the housing near a second end thereof, the lateral ends of which are seated on horizontal shoulders of a pair of vertical hangers on the body structure for vertical support of the second end of the housing. A cam is rotatably supported on the horizontal rod and locked in a retracted position by a retainer until the housing achieves vertical support on the body structure by the box-shaped bracket and the horizontal shoulders of the vertical hangers. When the retainer is withdrawn from the cam, a torsion spring rotates the cam to a position wedged between the body structure and the housing to eliminate vertical lash.
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