Vehicle steering gear

Claim 1

A steering gear for wheel-driven vehicles, especially for automobiles, comprising a steering column divided into two sections, namely at least one lower steering column section connected to wheel steering means such as a steering worm, and at least one upper steering column section, to which the steering wheel of the vehicle is attached, the two steering column sections being interconnected by means of a torque transmitting system of gears which permit mutual axial relative movement of the sections, characterized in that the two steering column sections are off-set in relation to each other and, have their ends journalled in a housing and support therein each a column bevel gear wheel, said two gear wheels being drivingly interconnected by an intermediate member provided with a bevel gear wheel at both endS in engagement with said column bevel gear wheels on said sections and rotatably mounted in bearings in said housing, said housing being partitioned at its middle into two halves which are rotatably adjustable relative one another to different positions to enable the column sections to form different angles with each other, and said housing being adjustably positioned along a circular arc guide having its centre at the lower end portion of said lower steering column section, means being provided for locking said housing and said halves of the housing in the desired position along said path and relative one another respectively, to obtain the desired position of said upper and lower column sections relative one another.