Skf Engineering and Research Centre B.v.

Alexander Jan Carel Vries

Hendrikus Jan Kapaan

Jacobus Zwarts

Eduardus Gerardus Maria Holweg

Johannes Albertus Van Winden

Emmanuel Jacques Eyraud

Lucia Puppione

A steering device () for drive-by-wire functions in a vehicle comprises a base () which can be fixed to the vehicle interior at the location of the driver, and two steering grips () at opposite sides of the base, which steering grips each can be gripped by a hand of the driver, said steering grips being coupled and being moveable with respect to the base in mutually opposite directions.

Steering device for a drive-by-wire vehicle

A screw actuator ( ) comprises a housing ( ), a nut ( ) and a screw ( ) one of which is axially fixed with respect to the housing and the other of which is axially displaceable with respect to the housing for moving an head ( ), as well as a motor ( ) which comprises a stator ( ) connected to the housing, and a rotor ( ) which is drivingly connected to a rotatable part ( ) of the screw actuator, the housing having a bore ( ) accommodating at least the nut and/or screw, an axially fixed part of said nut or screw being supported with respect to a radial support abutment ( ) which extends inwardly in the bore. The rotor of the motor is supported rotatably on a sleeve ( ), said sleeve engaging the fixed part and extending away from the brake pad, said sleeve having a radially outwardly extending sleeve flange ( ) which is interposed between said support abutment, and the axially fixed part.

Actuator comprising a sleeve support

A continuously variable transmission unit comprises two pulley sets ( ) which each comprises a pair of discs ( ) and a screw mechanism ( ) which is concentrated with respect to a pulley set ( ) for moving the discs ( ) of the pulley set ( ) towards and from each other, each pair of discs ( ) enclosing a V-shaped groove, a belt ( ) stretching between the pulleys and accommodated in the grooves thereof, the screw mechanism ( ) being controllable by a control device, the discs ( ) of each pulley set ( ) being accommodated on a support shaft ( ). The screw mechanism ( ) is accommodated in the bore in the shaft ( ) and engaging at least on of the discs ( ).

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Tiel, Netherlands

Alexander Jan Carel Vries