Steering wheel for a motor vehicle

Details Steering wheel for a motor vehicle Steering wheel for a motor vehicle

1983-02-25

1987-02-24

Staab, Lawrence

Machine element or mechanism

Control lever and linkage systems

Elements

29159B, 280750, B62D 104, G05G 110

Patent

active

046448179

ABSTRACT:
An automobile steering wheel that is disposed below a plane of a steering wheel rim. As a protection against impact, there is a plastically deformable cup-like deformation member within the steering wheel that absorbs energy due to an impact of a driver of the motor vehicle on the steering wheel. Spokes are constructed in such a manner that the contribute to the energy absorption by a performance of deformation work. The deformation member has a height which is less than a distance between the hub and the plane of the steering wheel rim. The deformation member is fixedly connected in its upper region with the respective spokes.

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patent: 3596532 (1971-08-01), Wilfert
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patent: 3641834 (1972-02-01), Barenyi
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