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US 9,090,282 B2Granted
Steering device for a vehicle
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorTiziano Salvini
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Abstract
A steering device for a vehicle comprises a steering wheel including a central part arranged for facing a driver and a rim that can be rotated in order to steer the vehicle, the steering wheel further comprising air dispensing means for directing an air flow towards the driver.
Claims10
A steering device for a vehicle, comprising:
- a steering wheel including
- a central part arranged for facing a driver and a rim that can be rotated in order to steer the vehicle;
- and
- air dispensing means for directing an air flow towards the driver;
- a conduit for conveying toward the steering wheel the air flow coming from an air distribution system of the vehicle,
- wherein the central part of the steering wheel is uncoupled from the rim, so that the central part remains stationary as the rim is rotated,
- wherein the conduit passes in a central hole of a gear, the gear being fixed relative to the rim for transmitting rotation from the rim to a steering shaft of the vehicle, and
- wherein the air dispensing means are located on the central part of the steering wheel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.