IP Library Granted Patent US 8,967,320
Granted Patent B2
US 8,967,320 · App. 12/991,793 · Granted Mar 3, 2015

Steering device for a motor vehicle, having a steering wheel and a superposition gearing

Inventor: Dieter Markfort (Berlin, DE)
Assignee: Takata-Petri AG
B62D5/008B62D1/10
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Patent No.
US 8,967,320
App. No.
12/991,793
Granted
Mar 3, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A steering device for a motor vehicle is provided. The steering device comprises a steering wheel, a superposition gearing and a gearing housing, wherein the superposition gearing is arranged in the gearing housing. The superposition gearing is designed to transmit a motor-driven adjusting movement to a steering shaft. The steering wheel forms a steering wheel base which serves for a connection to the steering shaft. It is provided that at least one constituent of the gearing housing, which constituent serves for mounting and/or fixing a gearing element of the superposition gearing or of a drive motor, is integrated into and formed in one piece with the steering wheel base of the steering wheel.

Claims (22)

1. A steering device for a motor vehicle comprising:

a steering wheel;

a superposition gearing; and

a gearing housing;

wherein the superposition gearing is arranged in the gearing housing;

wherein the superposition gearing is designed to transmit a motor-driven adjusting movement to a steering shaft;

wherein the steering wheel comprises a steering wheel rim, a plurality of spokes and a steering wheel base which serves for a connection to the steering shaft;

wherein the steering wheel base is integrally formed with spokes of the steering wheel without the use of connecting means;

wherein at least one constituent of the gearing housing, which constituent serves for mounting and/or fixing a gearing element of the superposition gearing or of a drive motor, is integrated into and formed in one piece with the steering wheel base of the steering wheel; and

wherein the gearing housing is formed of two housing parts, wherein one of the housing parts forms the at least one constituent of the gearing housing and is integrated into and formed in one piece with a side of the steering wheel base that faces away from the driver, and wherein the other housing part is placed onto the steering wheel base on the side of the steering wheel base that faces away from the driver.

2. The steering device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one bearing receptacle for radial and/or axial mounting of a gearing element of the superposition gearing is integrated into the steering wheel base.

3. The steering device according to claim 1 , wherein a holding flange or a constituent of a holding flange for fixing the drive motor is integrated into the steering wheel base.

4. The steering device according to claim 1 , wherein the superposition gearing is embodied as a worm gear mechanism with a drive worm and a worm gear.

5. The steering device according to claim 4 , wherein at least one bearing receptacle of a radial and/or axial bearing of the drive worm is integrated into the steering wheel base.

6. The steering device according to claim 4 , wherein at least one bearing receptacle for mounting the worm gear is integrated into the steering wheel base.

7. The steering device according to claim 1 , wherein the housing is of multi-part design, with at least one housing part being the at least one constituent of the gearing housing that is integrated into the steering wheel base.

8. The steering device according to claim 7 , wherein the gearing housing has two housing shells with one of the housing shells being the at least one housing part that is integrated into the steering wheel base.

9. The steering device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one constituent of the gearing housing is formed as a structure which is raised in relation to the steering wheel base.

10. The steering device according to claim 1 , wherein the steering device is designed such that a manual adjusting movement of the steering wheel is transmitted via the superposition gearing to the steering shaft.

11. The steering device according claim 1 wherein the drive motor is arranged in or on the gearing housing.

12. The steering device according to claim 1 , wherein the drive motor is arranged spatially separate from the gearing housing in or on the steering wheel.

13. The steering device according to claim 12 , wherein the drive motor is arranged in the region of a spoke on the steering wheel.

Assignments (7)
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT SUPPLEMENT Recorded Jan 13, 2026
From: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS ACQUISITION LLC; JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS JAPAN G.K.; KEY SAFETY SYSTEMS, INC.; JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBH
To: DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
Reel/Frame 074331/0585 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 12, 2021
From: DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, AS SECURITY AGENT FOR THE SECURED PARTIES
To: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBH
Reel/Frame 057775/0611 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 12, 2021
From: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBH
To: DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, AS SECURITY AGENT FOR THE SECURED PARTIES
Reel/Frame 057828/0235 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 1, 2020
From: TAKATA AG
To: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBH
Reel/Frame 052551/0131 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 22, 2020
From: TAKATA-PETRI AG
To: TAKATA AG
Reel/Frame 052472/0220 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 30, 2018
From: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBH
To: DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
Reel/Frame 046288/0738 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 9, 2010
From: MARKFORT, DIETER
To: TAKATA-PETRI AG
Reel/Frame 025334/0839 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2008 023 753 · May 15, 2008 · national
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61060319 · Jun 10, 2008
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