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US 8,899,623 B2Granted
Motor vehicle with retractable steering wheel
AssigneeAudi AG
InventorsMichael Stadler, Ingo Schütz
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Abstract
A motor vehicle includes an instrument panel, a steering column defining a longitudinal axis, and a steering wheel arranged on the steering column in a region of the instrument panel. The steering wheel is configured for movement in relation to the instrument panel in a direction of the longitudinal axis towards the instrument panel from a first position to a second position. The steering column is also constructed to enable the steering wheel to move from the second position to the first position when the motor vehicle is subjected to a force caused by an accident.
Claims15
A motor vehicle, comprising:
- an instrument panel;
- a steering column defining a longitudinal axis;
- and
- a steering wheel arranged on the steering column in a region of the instrument panel, said steering wheel configured for movement in relation to the instrument panel in a direction of the longitudinal axis towards the instrument panel from a first position to a second position when the motor vehicle is operated in auto mode without active steering by a driver,
- said steering column being constructed to enable the steering wheel to move in relation to the instrument panel in the direction of the longitudinal axis away from the instrument panel from the second position to the first position when the motor vehicle is subjected to a force caused by an accident.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.