Motor vehicle steering wheel with foldable or retractable rim
AssigneeAutoliv Development AB
InventorsMatthis Barritault, Sebastien Cassin, Thomas Leboeuf
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Abstract
A vehicle steering wheel comprising a central portion, a rim which can pivot relative to the central portion between a driving position and at least one retracted position, an actuator pivoting the rim and a locking member that can move between a locking position of the rim in its driving position, and a disengaged position, characterized in that it comprises a mechanism for transmitting movement between the actuator and the rim and between the actuator and the locking member, and which successively drives the locking member towards its disengaged position, then pivots the rim.
Claims13
A steering wheel for a vehicle comprising:
- a central portion;
- a movable structure comprising at least one portion of a rim mounted pivotably relative to the central portion between:
- a driving position in which the vehicle can be steered by a driver;
- and at least one retracted position;
- an actuator for pivoting the movable structure between the driving position and the at least one retracted position;
- and a locking member that is mounted movably between an engaged position for locking the movable structure in the driving position thereof, and a disengaged position allowing the movable structure to pivot,
- wherein the steering wheel comprises a transmission mechanism positioned between the actuator and the movable structure, and also positioned between the actuator and the locking member such that the actuator is configured to both pivot the movable structure and to move the locking member between the engaged position and the disengaged position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.