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US 12,759,611 B2Granted
Steering wheel-mounted button module
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorEun Sik Kim
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Abstract
A steering wheel-mounted button module may include a case mounted on a steering wheel body, a retractable unit installed inside the case to be movable forward and backward, and a button unit rotatably installed on the retractable unit. In particular, the button unit includes a rear end elastically supported to rotate away from the retractable unit and a button. The button unit may rotate forward to unfold based on the retractable unit moving forward out of the case.
Claims16
A steering wheel-mounted button module, comprising:
- a case mounted on a steering wheel body;
- a retractable unit installed inside the case and configured to move forward and backward;
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- a button unit rotatably installed on the retractable unit and positionable in a concealed state in which the button unit is positioned inside the case, the button unit having a rear end elastically supported to rotate away from the retractable unit and comprising at least one button,
- wherein forward movement of the retractable unit out of the case causes the button unit to rotate toward a front side of the steering wheel body and transition from the concealed state to an exposed state, and
- wherein the case and the retractable unit are provided with a first magnetic member and a second magnetic member, respectively, to attract each other.
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A steering wheel-mounted button module comprising:
- a case mounted on a steering wheel body;
- a retractable unit installed inside the case and configured to move forward and backward;
- a button unit rotatably installed on the retractable unit and positionable in a concealed state in which the button unit is positioned inside the case, the button unit having a rear end elastically supported to rotate away from the retractable unit and comprising a button;
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- a drive unit installed on the case to provide power to move the retractable unit,
- wherein forward movement of the retractable unit out of the case causes the button unit to rotate toward a front of the steering wheel body and transition from the concealed state to an exposed state, and
- wherein the drive unit is provided with a gear shaft with threads on an outer surface thereof, and the retractable unit, on one side thereof, is provided with a gear shaft connector through which the gear shaft passes, the gear shaft connector having threads formed on an inner circumferential surface thereof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.