Impact energy absorbing steering wheel

Details Impact energy absorbing steering wheel Impact energy absorbing steering wheel

1988-11-15

1990-10-16

Mitchell, David M.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Running gear

74552, B62D 104

Patent

active

049629476

ABSTRACT:
An impact energy steering wheel comprising a ring portion, at least one plastically deformable spoke core member, a boss portion, and a plastically deformable support member supporting an impact energy absorber and a pad. The support member is fixed to each of the spoke core members such that the support member, the energy absorber, and the pad are positioned so as to be spaced apart from and between the ring and the boss portions. When a generally horizontally acting impact force acts on the ring portion, the spoke core members are subjected to plastic deformation and the ring portion reorients so as to have an imaginary frontal plane extending in the vertical direction. The support member, being attached to each of the spoke core members, is affected by the deformation of these spoke core members and reorients so as to cause the impact energy absorber and the pad to have upper surfaces which extend in the vertical direction parallel to the ring portion imaginary frontal plane.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3930420 (1976-01-01), Kizu et al.
patent: 4628761 (1986-12-01), Niwa
patent: 4648164 (1987-03-01), Hyodo et al.
patent: 4709944 (1987-12-01), Hongo et al.

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