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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2006
Christopher E. Borroni-bird, Oakland Township, MI (US);
Adrian B. Chernoff, Boulder, CO (US);
James T. Embach, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Julien Montousse, Madison Heights, MI (US);
Mohsen D. Shabana, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Joseph F. Szczerba, Grand Blanc, MI (US);
Christopher E. Borroni-Bird, Oakland Township, MI (US);
Adrian B. Chernoff, Boulder, CO (US);
James T. Embach, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Julien Montousse, Madison Heights, MI (US);
Mohsen D. Shabana, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Joseph F. Szczerba, Grand Blanc, MI (US);
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A driver control input device includes a support post and a steering ring rotatably supported with respect to the support post. A steering transducer is operatively connected between the steering ring and support post to convert mechanical rotation of the steering ring into non-mechanical steering control signals to be sent to a steer-by-wire system. A braking ring and acceleration ring may also be provided for generating non-mechanical braking and acceleration control signals.