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US 9,085,274 B2Granted
Steering lock for a motor vehicle
AssigneeValeo Sicherheitssysteme GmbH
InventorsAnthony Laval, Lukas Kaliebe
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Abstract
A motorized steering-column lock for a steering column of a motor vehicle, the lock includes a bolt configured to move between a locked position and an unlocked position of a steering column and an electric motor for driving the bolt between the unlocked position and the locked position. The bolt is mounted to be movable in a direction parallel to the steering column.
Claims7
A motorized steering-column lock for a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle comprising a steering column, the lock comprising:
- a bolt configured to move between the locked position and the unlocked position of the steering column;
- an electric motor for driving the bolt between the unlocked position and the locked position, wherein the bolt is mounted to be movable in a direction parallel to the steering column,
- wherein the electric motor comprises an output shaft having a worm disposed thereon and a gearwheel oriented in a plane parallel to the steering column with which the worm is engaged;
- and
- an element movable between a position of immobilizing the bolt in the unlocked position and a position of releasing the bolt,
- wherein the element for immobilizing the bolt is disposed on a portion of the gearwheel, such that when the gearwheel is rotated, the element is pushed away from the bolt.
3 more elements
A module for assisting with rotation of a steering column comprising:
- an assisting motor configured to apply a pivot force to the steering column;
- a steering-column lock comprising:
- a bolt configured to move between a locked position and an unlocked position of the steering column;
- and
- an electric motor for driving the bolt between the unlocked position and the locked position, wherein the bolt is mounted to be movable in a direction parallel to the steering column,
- wherein the electric motor comprises an output shaft having a worm disposed thereon and a gearwheel oriented in a plane parallel to the steering column with which the worm is engaged.
3 more elements
An assembly comprising:
- a steering column of a motor vehicle;
- and
- a steering-column lock comprising:
- a bolt configured to move between a locked position and an unlocked position of the steering column;
- an electric motor for driving the bolt between the unlocked position and the locked position, wherein the bolt is mounted to be movable in a direction parallel to the steering column,
- wherein the electric motor comprises an output shaft having a worm disposed thereon and a gearwheel oriented in a plane parallel to the steering column with which the worm is engaged;
- and
- an element movable between a position of immobilizing the bolt in the unlocked position and a position of releasing the bolt,
- wherein the element for immobilizing the bolt is disposed on a portion of the gearwheel, such that when the gearwheel is rotated, the element is pushed away from the bolt.
6 more elements
An assembly comprising:
- a steering column of a motor vehicle;
- and
- a module for assisting a rotation of the steering column comprising:
- an assisting motor configured to apply a pivot force to the steering column;
- a steering-column lock comprising:
- a bolt configured to move between a locked position and an unlocked position of the steering column;
- and
- an electric motor for driving the bolt between the unlocked and the locked position, wherein the bolt is mounted so as to approach the steering column in a direction parallel to the steering column,
- wherein the electric motor comprises an output shaft having a worm disposed thereon and a gearwheel oriented in a plane parallel to the steering column with which the worm is engaged, and
- wherein the steering column comprises a peripheral ring gear with which the bolt is engaged when in the locked position and the peripheral ring gear receives the pivot force delivered by the assisting motor.
7 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.