Steering wheel of a motor vehicle
AssigneeBrose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Coburg
InventorDenis SCHMIDT
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Abstract
A steering wheel of a motor vehicle, with a hub arranged parallel to a longitudinal axis, and with a segment of a steering wheel rim comprising a rim portion. The rim portion is attached to the first spoke, which is attached to the hub, and the rim portion is attached to a second spoke, which is attached to the hub in a manner rotatable about a pivot axis running parallel to the longitudinal axis and offset in relation thereto. A steering device of a motor vehicle comprising a steering wheel.
Claims22
A steering wheel for use in of a motor vehicle and configured to rotate about a steering column, the steering wheel comprising:
- a hub defining a substantially cylindrical axis parallel to a longitudinal axis, defined by the steering column and defining a pivot axis extending parallel to the longitudinal axis and offset from the pivot axis;
- a first spoke attached to the hub;
- a second spoke;
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- a steering wheel rim provided with a segment including a rim portion attached to the first spoke and the second spoke, wherein the second spoke is attached to the hub so that the second spoke is configured to rotate about the hub and pivot about the pivot axis.
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A steering device for use in a motor vehicle, the steering device comprising:
- a steering column defining a longitudinal axis;
- a hub coupled to the steering column and configured to rotate about the longitudinal axis;
- a first spoke attached to the hub;
- a second spoke;
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- a steering wheel rim provided with a segment including a rim portion attached to the first spoke and the second spoke, wherein the second spoke is attached to the hub and rotatable about the pivot axis.
A steering wheel for use in a motor vehicle and configured to rotate about a steering column, the steering wheel comprising:
- a hub configured to be coupled the steering column and rotate with respect to a longitudinal axis defined by the steering column;
- a first segment including,
- a first rim portion having an arcuate shape,
- a first spoke, and
- a second spoke, wherein the first spoke the second spoke each extend between the hub and the first rim portion;
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- a second segment including,
- a second rim portion having an arcuate shape,
- a third spoke, and
- a fourth spoke, wherein the third spoke the fourth spoke each extend between the hub and the second rim portion,
- wherein the first segment and the second segment are configured to collectively move between a use position and a stowage position, in the use position the first rim portion and the second rim portion are disposed in a common plane and in the stowage position the first rim portion and the second rim portion are spaced apart from one another with respect the longitudinal axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.