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COLONNE DIRECTION ABSORPTION ENERGIE [2 records]

Record 1 2023-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Steering Systems (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
  • Road Safety

French

Domaine(s)
  • Direction (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
  • Sécurité routière
CONT

Les Fairlane de 1967 comprenaient également un certain nombre de caractéristiques de sécurité mandatées par le gouvernement fédéral, notamment [une] nouvelle colonne de direction à absorption d’énergie avec un grand moyeu de volant rembourré […]

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Steering Systems (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
DEF

A steering column with a telescoping section surrounded by a collapsible mesh or convoluted tube.

OBS

energy-absorbing steering column: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Direction (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
OBS

colonne de direction à absorption d’énergie : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques(Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas de dirección (Vehículos automotores y bicicletas)
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