Steering wheel for a motor vehicle, particularly for a tractor

A steering device for a motor vehicle, comprising:

• a steering wheel rim;
• steering wheel spokes connected to said rim;
• a steering shaft;
• a dish-shaped part which is arranged between said spokes and said steering shaft to effect operative connection thereof, said dish-shaped part serving as a transfer member for the rotary movements which serve for the steering, said dish-shaped part having sides which extend at an acute angle to a radial plane passing through said part so that said dish-shaped part tapers toward said steering shaft;
• a support received within said dish-shaped part;
• a stationary plate connected to said support and arranged in, and spaced from, said rim for receiving indicator instruments;
• a fixed part on which said dish-shaped part is rotatably journalled;
• a first gear rigidly connected with said dish-shaped part;
• a second gear fixedly connected to said steering shaft, said first gear meshing directly or indirectly with said second gear, said fixed part including a rotationally secure sleeve to which said support for said stationary plate is mounted, that portion of said dish-shaped part remote from said spokes being provided with a cylindrical extension which surrounds, and which is rotatably journalled on, said sleeve, and said first gear being embodied as a gear ring having outer toothing, and being supported by said cylindrical extension;
• a structural element fixed to said vehicle;
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• a tubular body which, on that side of said meshing first and second gears remote from said spokes, is pivotable in a vertical plane extending in the longitudinal direction of said vehicle, and is securably mounted to said structural element, said rotationally secure sleeve being guided on said tubular body in an axially shiftable and in a securable manner, and in which said steering shaft includes two parts which are connected to one another by a universal joint located approximately at the level of said pivotable mounting of said tubular body.