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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2000
Alexander Frick, Augsburg, DE;
Andreas Berger, Petershausen, DE;
Mario Pieh, Marktbreit, DE;
Joachim Engelmann, Ratingen, DE;
Kurt Lieb, Seligenstadt, DE;
Thomas Quellmalz, Darmstadt, DE;
Hagen Friedrich, Indersdorf, DE;
Harald Starken, Erdweg, DE;
Valeo GmbH& Co.Scherheitssysteme, Erdweg, DE;
Abstract
A device for electrically locking the steering shaft of a motor vehicle steering device, which comprises an electric motor with actuator connected downstream, for displacing a blocking element which is arranged so that it can be displaced from its unlocked position into its locked position, and a switching device fore activating the electric motor. To ensure that the arrangement can be of very compact design and can be fitted without major changes in vehicles produced by different manufacturers, the invention proposes that the arrangement be composed of two separate subassemblies: a locking device with a first housing, in which the electric motor with actuator connected downstream and the blocking element is arranged, and manufacturer-specific electronic switching device, which can be attached o the outside of the first housing.