Steering wheel having inclined leaf spring core

Details Steering wheel having inclined leaf spring core Steering wheel having inclined leaf spring core

1978-11-13

1982-05-04

Dorner, Kenneth

Machine element or mechanism

Control lever and linkage systems

Elements

403185, B62D 104, G05G 110

Patent

active

043276016

ABSTRACT:
A flexible steering wheel rim having an upper portion with a stack of arcuate leaf springs canted forwardly and toward the steering wheel. The leaf springs are mounted to a seat in the lower portion of the rim which has a flat surface inclined fowardly and toward the center of the steering wheel. A clamp circumscribes the wire and leaf springs and has a rearward wall which is pitched rearwardly and toward the center of the steering wheel. The leaf springs are deformable upon impact in a forward or rearward direction parallel to the axis of the steering wheel. The leaf springs flex when a rear axial force is present such that they become canted rearward and toward the center of the steering wheel.

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