Steering device with measured value transmitter

US6494287B2 · kind B2 · 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: Feb 16, 2001
• Grant date: Dec 17, 2002
• Expiry date: Feb 16, 2021

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 includes an actuating member for the introduction of the steering movement and a steering linkage to transfer the steering movement to the vehicle wheels. 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. The steering linkage is actuated by an adjustment drive which is controllable by an electrical regulating device as a function of the position signal.