Steering sensor device comprising a plug-in/rotative connection
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsWolfgang Abele, Waldemar Mattus, Denis Amato
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Abstract
A steering sensor device for detecting at least one piece of steering information, particularly at least one steering angle, includes at least one holding body which is connected to a steering shaft for rotation therewith, in a mounted state, and at least one toothed rim that includes at least one toothing for detecting the steering information. The holding body and the toothed rim can be interconnected, in the mounted state, by means of a plug-in/rotative connection.
Claims14
A steering sensor device for detecting at least one item of steering information, comprising:
- a holding body configured to be connected in a rotationally fixed manner to a steering shaft;
- and
- a toothed ring which has a toothing system configured to be used in the detection of the at least one item of steering information,
- wherein the holding body and the toothed ring are configured to be mechanically connected to one another by (i) relative movement of the holding body with respect to the toothed ring in an insertion direction to provide a prespecified overlap between the holding body and the toothed ring at an insertion position, followed by (ii) relative rotation of the holding body with respect to the toothed ring about the insertion direction.
A steering system comprising:
- a steering shaft;
- and
- at least one steering sensor operatively connected to the steering shaft, the at least one steering sensor including at least one sensor device, the at least one sensor device comprising:
- at least one holding body which is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the steering shaft;
- and
- at least one toothed ring which has at least one toothing system configured to be used in a detection of at least one item of steering information,
- wherein the holding body and the at least one toothed ring are mechanically connected to one another by (i) relative movement of the at least one holding body with respect to the at least one toothed ring in an insertion direction to provide a prespecified overlap between the at least one holding body and the at least one toothed ring at an insertion position, followed by (ii) relative rotation of the at least one holding body with respect to the at least one toothed ring about the insertion direction.
A method for assembling a steering sensor device comprising:
- mechanically connecting a holding body, which is configured to connect in a rotationally fixed manner to a steering shaft, and a toothed ring, which has at least one toothing system configured to be used in a detection of at least one item of steering information, by (i) relative movement of the holding body with respect to the toothed ring in an insertion direction to provide a prespecified overlap between the holding body and the toothed ring at an insertion position, followed by (ii) relative rotation of the holding body with respect to the toothed ring about the insertion direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.