Vehicle steering wheel

Details Vehicle steering wheel Vehicle steering wheel

1995-03-28

1997-07-22

Bonck, Rodney H.

Machine element or mechanism

Control lever and linkage systems

Elements

280750, B62D 111

Patent

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056494556

ABSTRACT:
A vehicle steering wheel is provided with a shock-absorbing device collapsibly mounted in the center pad for absorbing shock energy generated upon a vehicle collision. The shock absorbing device comprises a honeycomb core structure preferably of steel or aluminum which has its core walls disposed in a direction in which shock energy is exerted. The honeycomb core structure has a cell size, a core wall thickness and a core height all selected to demonstrate a maximum shock-absorbing performance.

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patent: 3685369 (1972-08-01), Adams, III
patent: 4657121 (1987-04-01), Uchida et al.
patent: 4939951 (1990-07-01), Kaneko
patent: 5306066 (1994-04-01), Saathoff

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