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AssigneeRobert Bosch Automotive Steering Vendome
InventorsNicolas Bertet, Vincent Eymery, Alexandre Sarandao
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The invention relates to an electric locking system (1) for locking the position of a steering column of a vehicle relative to the dashboard of said vehicle, the steering column including a tube-body movably mounted in a supporting assembly for enabling the manual adjustment of said steering column. The locking system includes means (2) for locking the tube-body on the supporting assembly, an electric motor (4) coupled to the locking means (2) for driving the latter and placing the steering column in an unlocked state or a locked state, motor control means providing motor actuation instructions for placing the steering column in the locked state and/or in the unlocked state, and means for detecting the state of the steering column and for generating an electric signal representative of the state of the column.
Method for adjusting the position of a vehicle's steering column relative to a dashboard of said vehicle, the steering column comprising a supporting assembly to be fixed to a vehicle chassis and a body-tube movably mounted in the supporting assembly, the method comprising:
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