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Apparatus for transmitting electric power and data in motor vehicles

US5498911A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Kolbenschmidt Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Hans-Jurgen Bossler · Munster, DE
Martin Kreuzer · Kleinwallstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 13, 1994
Grant date	Mar 12, 1996
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 13, 2014

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01F2038/143
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In an apparatus for transmitting electric power and data between the vehicle side and the steering wheel side of a motor vehicle, a transformer is used, which comprises a stationary primary coil on the vehicle side and a secondary coil, which is provided on the steering wheel side and is non-rotatably connected to the steering shaft. Data are transmitted by a capacitor, which comprises stationary conductor strips which are provided on the vehicle side and surround the steering column and conductor strips which are provided on the steering wheel side and register with the stationary conductor strips and surround and are non-rotatably connected to the steering shaft.

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