An electronic steering column lock system (1) comprising: a shaft (2), said shaft being a steering column shaft or said shaft being configured to be coupled to a steering column shaft, a housing (7), an electromagnet (3), being disposed inside the housing (7), a disk (14) of a first type rotatory form locked to the housing (7) a disk (15) of a second type rotatory form locked to the shaft (2) the disk (14) of the first type and the disk (15) of the second type being disposed adjacent to each other on a same side of the electromagnet (3), wherein a respective surface (31) of said disks (14) are facing each other, wherein the form of said surfaces (31) are designed so that spacings (33) remain between both of said surfaces (31, 32) if said surface (31) of said disk (14) of the first type and said surface (32) of said disk (15) of the second type are in slight contact to each other, said disk (14) of the first type and said (at least one) disk (15) of the second type being made from ferromagnetic material or comprising ferromagnetic material, magnetorheological fluid (30) being kept in the housing (7), and the at least one disk (14) of the first type and the at least one disk (15) of the second type are immersed in the magnetorheological fluid (30).
ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK SYSTEM
ELEKTRONISCHE LENKSÄULENVERRIEGELUNG
SYSTÈME ÉLECTRONIQUE DE VERROUILLAGE DE COLONNE DE DIRECTION
2016-12-21
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch