Steering device for steering a vehicle, and method for detecting an ingress of water using such a steering device
AssigneeZF Automotive Germany GmbH
InventorEduard Span
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to a steering device for steering a vehicle, having a housing and having a rack. The rack is movable in the longitudinal direction of the rack and in relation to the housing. The rack has a detection installation for detecting an ingress of water. In order to be able to detect an ingress of water at an early stage, in a reliable manner and/or by an ideally cost-effective detection installation. The steering device includes that the detection installation has at least one friction installation which reacts to an ingress of water. The friction installation, upon reacting to the ingress of water and in the event of a movement of the rack, causing an increase in friction.
Claims16
A steering device for steering a vehicle, comprising, a housing wherein the rack is movable in a longitudinal direction of the rack and in relation to the housing, and wherein the steering device further includes a detection installation for detecting an ingress of water, wherein the detection installation has at least one friction installation which reacts to an ingress of water, the friction installation being disposed in a groove of the rack, at a predefined position and on an external circumference of the rack, the groove being configured in the external circumference of the rack so as to encircle a longitudinal axis of the rack, the friction installation upon reacting to the ingress of water and in the event of a movement of the rack causing an increase in friction, wherein the increase in friction of the friction installation and upon reacting to the ingress of water is limited in terms of a location and/or predefined in terms of the location, the friction installation being disposed at a predefined position.
A steering device for steering a vehicle, comprising,
- a housing wherein a rack is movable in a longitudinal direction of the rack and in relation to the housing, and
- a detection installation for detecting an ingress of water,
- wherein the detection installation has at least one friction installation which reacts to an ingress of water, the friction installation, upon reacting to the ingress of water and in the event of a movement of the rack causing an increase in friction,
- wherein the friction installation has a reaction element, the reaction element being formed from a water-absorbent material, and the reaction element expanding by virtue of absorbing water and/or a volume of the reaction element increasing by virtue of absorbing water, wherein the reaction element is formed from a water-absorbent plastics material.
A steering device for steering a vehicle, comprising,
- a housing,
- wherein a rack is movable in a longitudinal direction of the rack and in relation to the housing, and
- a detection installation for detecting an ingress of water,
- wherein the detection installation has at least one friction installation which reacts to an ingress of water, the friction installation upon reacting to the ingress of water and in the event of a movement of the rack causing an increase in friction,
- wherein the friction installation is disposed on the rack, the friction installation being disposed in a groove of the rack, the groove being configured in the external circumference of the rack so as to encircle a longitudinal axis of the rack.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.