Steering column assembly

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A STEERING COLUMN FOR TRANSMITTING STEERING MOVEMENTS TO A VEHICLE COMPRISING: A STEERING WHEEL MEANS FOR RECEIVING STEERING AND CONTROL MOVEMENTS FROM A DRIVER OF SAID VEHICLE, A FIRST STEERING SHAFT RIGIDLY CONNECTED TO SAID STEERING WHEELS MEANS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTARY MOVEMENTS IMPARTED TO THE STEERING WHEEL MEANS, A SECOND STEERING SHAFT OFFSET FROM SAID FIRST STEERING SHAFT FOR RELAYING ROTARY STEERING AND CONTROL MOVEMENTS TO STEERING LINKAGES WHICH EFFECT STEERING AND CONTROL MOVEMENTS OF SAID VEHICLE, SAID SECOND STEERING SHAFT BEING CONNECTED BY INTERMEDIATE MEANS TO SAID STEERING LINKAGES SO AS TO TRANSLATE ROTARY MOVEMENTS OF THE STEERING COLUMN INTO STEERING MOVEMENTS FOR SAID VEHICLE, AND TORQUE TRANSMITTING MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID FIRST STEERING SHAFT AND SAID SECOND STEERING SHAFT FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATIONAL MOVEMENTS FROM SAID FIRST SHAFT TO SAID SECOND SHAFT, WHEREBY STEERING MOVEMENTS IMPARTED TO SAID STEERING WHEEL WILL BE TRANSMITTED AND TRANSLATED INTO STEERING AND CONTROL MOVEMENT FOR SAID VEHICLE, SAID TORQUE TRANSMITTING MEANS HAVING: A FIRST ROTARY MEMBER DRIVINGLY CONNECTED WITH AN END OF SAID FIRST STEERING SHAFT FOR ROTATION THEREWITH ABOUT A FIRST AXIS OF ROTATION, A SECOND ROTARY MEMBER DRIVINGLY CONNECTED WITH AN END OF SAID SECOND STEERING SHAFT AND HAVING A SECOND AXIS OF ROTATION OFFSET RELATIVE TO THE FIRST AXIS OF ROTATION OF SAID FIRST ROTARY MEMBER, AND MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND ROTAY MEMBERS AND HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT RESULT-