Steering column module

US6700219B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Leopold KOSTAL GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Klaus Hirschfeld · Breitscheid, DE
• Holger Lettmann · Plettenberg, DE
• Markus Adam · Olpe, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 20, 2002
• Grant date: Mar 2, 2004
• Expiry date: Sep 20, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62D15/022
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A steering column module for a motor vehicle includes functional units such as steering angle sensors and torque sensors adjacently arranged on a steering column. The functional units deliver respective output signals and requiring respective control signals. An electronics unit is connected with an onboard power supply of a motor vehicle for receiving power. The electronics unit is operable for processing the output signals of the functional units and operable for generating control signals for the functional units. A first one of the functional units is connected to the electronics unit via electrical plug-in connector parts with correspondingly arranged counter electrical plug-in connector parts situated on the electronics unit. A second one of the functional units is combined with the electronics unit to form an inseparable assembly.