Steering wheel for vehicles

Details Steering wheel for vehicles Steering wheel for vehicles

1986-05-08

1987-12-01

Bertsch, Richard A.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Running gear

280750, 74552, B62D 108, B60R 2102

Patent

active

047099445

ABSTRACT:
In a steering wheel for vehicles, a self-aligning plate comprises a boss fitting portion, a spoke fitting portion and a plurality of plastically deformable arm portions arranged in radial direction in an annular space formed between both fitting portions so as to connect between an assembled body of rim/spokes and a boss. Each plastically deformable arm portion of the self-aligning plate has a curved portion at intermediate portion, and when impact force is applied to the rim, the rim surface is slanted in approximately perpendicular direction with respect to the line of impact force due to plastic deformation of the plastically deformable arm portion. Intersection angle between the adjacent plastically deformable arm portions near the spokes mounted on the spoke fitting portion is made obtuse angle, thereby stress concentration at edge portion of the boss fitting portion in the intersection position between these plastically deformable arm portions is prevented.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3948118 (1976-04-01), Garbin
patent: 3992041 (1976-11-01), Vernocchi
patent: 4390193 (1983-06-01), Strahan et al.
patent: 4447069 (1984-05-01), Winiechi

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