Apparatus and Method for Application of Force to a Steering Device
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Abstract
An apparatus for application of force to a steering device, e.g., of a motor vehicle, includes an operative apparatus associated with the steering device and a counterelement disposed on the steering device. The operative apparatus has an induction assemblage producing an electromagnetic force on the counterelement, and the counterelement has at least one electromagnetically influenceable region, so that a force displacing the counterelement with respect to the operative apparatus can be produced for application of force to the steering device.
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32 Claims
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17. An apparatus for application of force to a steering device of a motor vehicle, comprising:
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an operative element associated with the steering device; and a counterelement disposed on the steering device; wherein the operative element has an induction assemblage producing an electromagnetic force on the counterelement, and wherein the counterelement has at least one electromagnetically influenceable region, whereby a force displacing the counterelement with respect to the operative element is produced for application of force to the steering device. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for application of force to a steering device, comprising:
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providing an operative element associated with the steering device, wherein the operative element has an induction assemblage producing an electromagnetic force; providing a counterelement disposed on the steering device, wherein the counterelement has at least one electromagnetically influenceable region; and displacing the counterelement by the electromagnetic force generated by the operative element, whereby force is applied to the steering device. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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