Steering device with dished impact plate for automotive vehicles
OwnerBernd Pilatzkiinventor
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Abstract
A steering device for a vehicle comprises a steering wheel having one spoke and supported by a steering shaft, a shock proof dished plate carrying operating controls, indicating instruments on an outer surface of the plate facing a driver of the vehicle and a construction element immovably attached to the vehicle. The steering device is provided with two displaceable coupling elements which couple the dished plate to the construction element so that when one of the coupling elements is in its coupling position by engaging in one of the passages formed in the dished plate, the other coupling element is allowed to come out from its coupling position by disengaging out of another one of the passages of the dished plate to thus prevent the dished plate from rotating with the steering wheel.
Claims15
A steering device for a vehicle, comprising a steering wheel supported by a steering shaft;
- a shock proof dished plate carrying operating controls, indicating instruments or the like on an outer surface thereof facing a driver of the vehicle, the steering wheel having at least one spoke being rigidly connected to said steering shaft;
- a construction element immovably attached to the vehicle, said dished plate being formed with passages;
- and at least two displaceable coupling elements adapted to couple said dished plate to said construction element so that when one of said coupling elements is in its coupling position by engaging thereof in one of said passages the other coupling element is allowed to come out of its coupling position by disengaging thereof out of another of said passages to thereby prevent said dished plate from rotating with said steering wheel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.