Patent ID: 8892308
Filing Date: 2014-11-18
Classification: A01B,B62D

Abstract:
1. A vehicle guidance system for a vehicle, the vehicle including a steering wheel assembly including a steering wheel and a hub, the hub connected to a steering shaft rotatable about a steering wheel axis within a steering column for steering the vehicle, the vehicle guidance system comprising: a receiver for receiving a position indication signal; a steering controller for generating a steering control signal based on the position indication signal; a drive assembly to directly drive the steering wheel assembly responsive to the steering control signal, the drive assembly operable to generate a torque about a drive axis to rotate the steering wheel assembly, wherein the drive axis of the drive assembly is coaxial to the steering wheel axis, wherein the drive assembly includes an electric motor, the electric motor including a housing, a stator element and a rotor element rotatable within the housing about the drive axis.