Patent ID: 9409592
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: B60R,B62D

Claim Text:
1. A limiting device for a steering angle input in an electric steering system, said limiting device comprising: a housing having housing halves; a gearing arranged on a steering shaft, said gearing including a threaded piece, a threaded bushing which is arranged on the steering shaft and has an external thread in engagement with a thread of the threaded piece to provide for the threaded piece an adjustment path which corresponds to a maximum permissible number of revolutions of a steering wheel, and a gearing sleeve having right-hand and left-hand threads; steering stops for limiting the adjustment path of the threaded piece, said steering stops having right-hand or left-hand threads in engagement with the right-hand and left-hand threads of the gearing sleeve; a motor operably connected to the gearing sleeve to uniformly move the steering stops toward each other or apart from one another; and slide rings supporting the gearing sleeve in the housing halves of the housing.