Steering device with measuring sensor

US6227327A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• TRW AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Anke Nigrin · Ilmenau, DE
• Winfried Tschop · Kreuzwertheim, DE
• Martin Kreuzer · Kleinwallstadt, DE
• Hans-Jurgen Bossler · Munster, DE
• Ulrich Randau · Villingen-Schwenningen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 6, 1999
• Grant date: May 8, 2001
• Expiry date: May 6, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T74/20834
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A steering device for a motor vehicle, with an actuating member for the introduction of the steering movement and with a steering linkage to transfer the steering movement to the wheels. The device is characterized in that the actuating member consists of a "steering wheel" (1) which is rotatable about a small angle and of a measured value transmitter (2) to generate an electrical or electronic position signal, and that the steering linkage is actuated by an adjustment drive which is controllable by an electrical or electronic regulating device as a function of the position signal.