Steering wheel

Details Steering wheel Steering wheel

1986-08-28

1987-10-27

Desmond, Eugene F.

Electrical connectors

Interrelated connectors relatively movable during use

Movement about axis

439 22, H01R 3908, H01R 3922

Patent

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047027053

ABSTRACT:
A steering wheel equipped with an electrical relay means is disclosed. The steering wheel includes a pad side unrotatable member and a column side unrotatable member. A boss extends centrally and at least one pad side slip ring is disposed concentrically with the boss and electrically insulated from an outer surface thereof. The slip ring is positioned below the pad side unrotatable member. Further, at least one column side slip ring is disposed concentrically with the boss, and positioned above the column side unrotatable member. A boss plate is disposed around the boss and at least one holder is fixed to the boss plate. Pad and column side contact pins are supported by the holder, and biased toward opposite direction to each other by a spring positioned inside the holder. A lubricant is filled in the holder, and is applied to the slip rings through axial bores formed in the pins. In another embodiment of the invention, two pins are in sliding contact with a single slip ring. The pins having sliding contact portions in contact with the ring in which sliding loci of the pins are different from each other in radial direction of the ring.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4055375 (1977-10-01), Ogawa et al.
patent: 4630501 (1986-12-01), Kubota et al.
patent: 4633731 (1987-01-01), Kurata
patent: 4635029 (1987-01-01), Yamada

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