Machine element or mechanism – Control lever and linkage systems – Multiple controlling elements for single controlled element
Patent
1984-08-28
1986-07-08
Herrmann, Allan D.
Machine element or mechanism
Control lever and linkage systems
Multiple controlling elements for single controlled element
74409, 74492, 74552, 74802, 200 6154, 384428, 403331, B62D 110, B62D 116
Patent
active
045986037
ABSTRACT:
A steering wheel includes a steering shaft, column and pad sun gears mounted on the steering shaft for rotation relative thereto, a boss plate mounted on the steering shaft between the sun gears and rotatable in unison with the steering shaft, at least one bearing mounted on the boss plate and movable toward and away from a center of the boss plate, a planet shaft rotatably supported by the bearing, and column and pad planet gears mounted on opposite ends of the planet shaft and held in mesh with the column and pad sun gears, respectively, the planet gears having inner side surfaces rotatably held in contact with opposite outer side surfaces of the bearing.
REFERENCES:
patent: 440717 (1890-11-01), Mower
patent: 511769 (1894-01-01), Gladding
patent: 3203390 (1965-08-01), Boda
Hiramitsu Tetsushi
Ono Satoshi
Sugita Hiroshi
Herrmann Allan D.
Toyoda Gosei Co,., Ltd.
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