Patent ID: 6601443
Filing Date: 2003-08-05
Classification: B60R,B62D,G01D

Abstract:
An integrated sub-assembly installable on a steering column or steering wheel of an automotive vehicle, the subassembly comprising:a housing lid; a housing bottom cooperating with said housing lid; and housing walls cooperating with said housing lid and said housing bottom to define a first housing space for a steering angle sensor and a second housing space for an electric power transmission unit, wherein a portion of at least one of said housing lid, said housing bottom and said housing walls is disposed between, separates and borders both said first housing space and said second housing space, wherein said housing lid, said housing bottom, and said housing walls define a central opening in the housing and further comprising a code disk rotatably mounted in said first housing space, said code disk having at least one transport eyelet projecting into said central opening, said housing lid having means cooperating with a steering column or steering wheel for secure mutual rotation of said housing lid together with the steering wheel or steering column, said housing lid also having at least one transport tongue cooperating with said transport eyelet for secure mutual rotation of said code disk together with the steering wheel or steering column.