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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 13, 1994
Hans J Bossler, Munster, DE;
Martin Kreuzer, Kleinwallstadt, DE;
Kolbenschmidt Aktiengesellschaft, Neckarsulm, DE;
Abstract
In an apparatus for transmitting electric power and data between the vehicle side and the steering wheel side of a motor vehicle, a transformer is used, which comprises a stationary primary coil on the vehicle side and a secondary coil, which is provided on the steering wheel side and is non-rotatably connected to the steering shaft. Data are transmitted by a capacitor, which comprises stationary conductor strips which are provided on the vehicle side and surround the steering column and conductor strips which are provided on the steering wheel side and register with the stationary conductor strips and surround and are non-rotatably connected to the steering shaft.