Steering device for a motor vehicle

US6491128B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• TRW AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Michael Lehmann · Mount Vernon, US
• Albert Steinmüller · Westerngrund, DE
• Klaus Limberg · Pforzheim, DE
• Tino Zink · Pforzheim, DE
• Frank Schneider · Neuss, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 21, 2000
• Grant date: Dec 10, 2002
• Expiry date: Apr 21, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62D15/02
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for generating a steering signal for controlling an actuating drive for an adjustment of steerable wheels on motor vehicles, in particular passenger vehicles. The device comprises a non-rotatable frame having an axis of symmetry and curved guiding portions, as well as a pair of handles intended for transmitting actuating forces and being coupled with each other. The handles are mounted on the guiding portions so as to be displaceable in same direction and are able to be displaced along the guiding portions and relative to the axis of symmetry to a limited extent. The device further comprises a measurement transducer for generating one of an electrical and electronic signal for determining a position of the handles relative to the frame.