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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2014
Zf Systemes DE Direction Nacam S.a.s., VendĂ´me, FR;
Abstract
The invention relates to an electric locking system () 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 () for locking the tube-body on the supporting assembly, an electric motor () coupled to the locking means () 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.