Locking arrangement, in particular for vehicles
AssigneeMannesmann VDO AG
InventorErhard Franz
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Abstract
A locking arrangement, in particular for a vehicle, having an actuator driving a functional element and intended for setting various functional positions, and a position-detecting device, in particular a potentiometer for detecting the position of the functional element. The positioning-detecting device is formed as a preassembled unit, wherein this unit can be connected to the functional element via a connector.
Claims9
A locking arrangement for a vehicle, having an actuator driving a functional element and intended for setting various functional positions of the locking arrangement, and a position-detecting device formed as a potentiometer (17), for detecting the position of the functional element, wherein the position-detecting device is formed as a preassembled unit, which preassembled unit is connected to the functional element via connecting means, wherein, the potentiometer includes a support body (19) and conductor paths, the unit comprising the potentiometer is arranged on a surface of a printed circuit board (16), which paths are scanned by wipers, the wipers being fastened to wiper carriers (24) of the support body (19), wherein the support body is inserted within an encircling ring into an aperture in the printed circuit board (16), the support body (19), after insertion, being secured to the printed circuit board (16) by a lock washer (28), the lock washer holding the support body (19) on the printed circuit board (16) in an elastic manner and the support body (19) is secured so as to be rotatable but no longer axially movable and therefore the printed circuit board (16) with the support body (19) is a preassembled construction.
A locking arrangement for a vehicle, having an actuator driving a functional element and intended for setting various functional positions of the locking arrangement, and a position-detecting device formed as a potentiometer (17), for detecting the position of the functional element, wherein the position-detecting device is formed as a preassembled unit, which preassembled unit is connected to the functional element via connecting means, wherein, the potentiometer includes a support body (19) and conductor paths, the unit comprising the potentiometer is arranged on a surface of a printed circuit board (16), which paths are scanned by wipers, the wipers being fastened to wiper carriers (24) of the support body (19), wherein the support body is inserted within an encircling ring into an aperture in the printed circuit board (16), the support body (19), after insertion, being secured to the printed circuit board (16) by a lock washer (28), the lock washer holding the support body (19) on the printed circuit board (16) in an elastic manner and the support body (19) being secured so as to be rotatable but no longer axially movable and therefore the printed circuit board (16) with the support body (19) is a preassembled construction and the potentiometer (17) and the functional element, are formed as a control disk (4) and are arranged on a common shaft (9).
A locking arrangement for a vehicle, having an actuator driving a functional element and intended for setting various functional positions of the locking arrangement, and a position-detecting device formed as a potentiometer (17), for detecting the position of the functional element, wherein the position-detecting device is formed as a preassembled unit, which preassembled unit is connected to the functional element via connecting means, wherein, the potentiometer includes a support body (19) and conductor paths, the unit comprising the potentiometer is arranged on a surface of a printed circuit board (16), which paths are scanned by wipers, the wipers being fastened to wiper carriers (24) of the support body (19), wherein the support body is inserted within an encircling ring into an aperture in the printed circuit board (16), the support body (19), after insertion, being secured to the printed circuit board (16) by a lock washer (28), the lock washer holding the support body (19) on the printed circuit board (16) in an elastic manner and the support body (19) being secured so as to be rotatable but no longer axially movable and therefore the printed circuit board (16) with the support body (19) is a preassembled construction and a support body (19) of the potentiometer (17) has recesses (31, 32) for accommodating fingers (33, 34) arranged on the functional element.
A locking arrangement for a vehicle, having an actuator driving a functional element and intended for setting various functional positions of the locking arrangement, and a position-detecting device formed as a potentiometer (17), for detecting the position of the functional element, wherein the position-detecting device is formed as a preassembled unit, which preassembled unit is connected to the functional element via connecting means, wherein, the potentiometer includes a support body (19) and conductor paths, the unit comprising the potentiometer is arranged on a surface of a printed circuit board (16), which paths are scanned by wipers, the wipers being fastened to wiper carriers (24) of the support body (19), wherein the support body is inserted within an encircling ring into an aperture in the printed circuit board (16), the support body (19), after insertion, being secured to the printed circuit board (16) by a lock washer (28), the lock washer holding the support body (19) on the printed circuit board (16) in an elastic manner and the support body (19) being secured so as to be rotatable but no longer axially movable and therefore the printed circuit board (16) with the support body (19) is a preassembled construction and a support body (19) of the potentiometer (17) has a bore (20) having a diameter (22) corresponding to an outside diameter of a shaft (9) into which bore (20) the shaft is inserted, and wherein the support body (19) is moveable about the shaft (9).
A locking arrangement for a vehicle, having an actuator driving a functional element and intended for setting various functional positions of the locking arrangement, and a position-detecting device formed as a potentiometer (17), for detecting the position of the functional element, wherein the position-detecting device is formed as a preassembled unit, which preassembled unit is connected to the functional element via connecting means, wherein, the potentiometer includes a support body (19) and conductor paths, the unit comprising the potentiometer is arranged on a surface of a printed circuit board (16), which paths are scanned by wipers, the wipers being fastened to wiper carriers (24) of the support body (19), wherein the support body is inserted within an encircling ring into an aperture in the printed circuit board (16), the support body (19), after insertion, being secured to the printed circuit board (16) by a lock washer (28), the lock washer holding the support body (19) on the printed circuit board (16) in an elastic manner and the support body (19) being secured so as to be rotatable but no longer axially movable and therefore the printed circuit board (16) with the support body (19) is a preassembled construction and a coupling defining and securing a relative position between a support body (19) of the potentiometer (17) and the functional element is arranged as connecting means between the support body (19) of the potentiometer (17) and the functional element.
A locking arrangement for a vehicle, having an actuator driving a functional element and intended for setting various functional positions of the locking arrangement, and a position-detecting device formed as a potentiometer (17), for detecting the position of the functional element, wherein the position-detecting device is formed as a preassembled unit, which preassembled unit is connected to the functional element via connecting means, wherein, the potentiometer includes a support body (19) and conductor paths, the unit comprising the potentiometer is arranged on a surface of a printed circuit board (16), which paths are scanned by wipers, the wipers being fastened to wiper carriers (24) of the support body (19), wherein the support body is inserted within an encircling ring into an aperture in the printed circuit board (16), the support body (19), after insertion, being secured to the printed circuit board (16) by a lock washer (28), the lock washer holding the support body (19) on the printed circuit board (16) in an elastic manner and the support body (19) being secured so as to be rotatable but no longer axially movable and therefore the printed circuit board (16) with the support body (19) is a preassembled construction and a shaft (9) has a flat, a longitudinal groove, a longitudinal web, which corresponds with a flat (30), a longitudinal web, a longitudinal groove in the support body (19) of the potentiometer (17) and in the functional element.
A locking arrangement for a vehicle, having an actuator driving a functional element and intended for setting various functional positions of the locking arrangement, and a position-detecting device formed as a potentiometer (17), for detecting the position of the functional element, wherein the position-detecting device is formed as a preassembled unit, which preassembled unit is connected to the functional element via connecting means, wherein a shaft (9) is mounted in a housing (14) and then the functional element and the preassembled unit with the potentiometer (17) are pushed over the shaft (9) such that the functional element is connected to the potentiometer (17) in a relative position between the potentiometer (17) and the functional element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.