Land vehicles – Wheeled – Running gear
Patent
1990-11-28
1992-02-25
Rice, Kenneth R.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Running gear
74552, B62D 111
Patent
active
050907310
ABSTRACT:
A self aligning steering wheel comprising a boss portion disposed at a middle of a steering wheel ring portion, a number of spokes extending radially outward from the boss portion and connecting to the ring portion, each of the spokes including an internal spoke core member, with a ring core member being disposed in the ring portion, a boss plate is disposed at the spoke core member, the boss plate is plastically deformable to cause a plane of the ring to be at substantially right angles to an impact force line of action whenever an impact force is exerted on the ring portion, each spoke core member includes a first parallel portion which is substantially parallel to the ring plane and extends from the ring core member toward the boss to a kinked portion, a tilting portion which extends from the kinked portion to a second parallel portion, with the second parallel portion being connected to an underside portion of the boss plate.
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patent: 3992041 (1976-11-01), Vernocchi
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Fujita Yoshiyuki
Sakane Katsunobu
Rice Kenneth R.
Toyoda Gosei Co,., Ltd.
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