Steering wheel

Details Steering wheel Steering wheel

1986-06-06

1989-01-10

Dorner, Kenneth J.

Machine element or mechanism

Control lever and linkage systems

Hand operated

74484R, 74552, 200 6154, B62D 116

Patent

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047964820

ABSTRACT:
The steering wheel comprises a column section, a steering shaft passing through the column section, a boss portion secured to the top of the steering shaft, a boss plate secured on the boss portion, a pad section, a plurality of sun gears of the helical gear type, a plurality of planetary shafts, a plurality of pairs of planetary gears of the helical gear type attached to either end portion each of the respective planetary shafts and gearing with the corresponding sun gears, and a resilient member for urging the planetary gears of a pair mounted on at least one of the plural planetary shafts. At least one of the paired planetary gears is attached movably in the longitudinal direction of the axis of that planetary shaft, so that these planetary gears approach mutually or separate from each other in the axial direction of the respective planetary shaft.

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patent: 2397126 (1946-03-01), Buhrendorf
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patent: 4485371 (1984-11-01), Yamada et al.
patent: 4561324 (1985-12-01), Hiramitsu et al.
patent: 4598603 (1986-07-01), Hiramitsu et al.
patent: 4602523 (1986-07-01), Kurata et al.
patent: 4607539 (1986-08-01), Arima et al.

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