US 11,866,086 B2
Foldable steering wheel
Kyeong Boo Roh, Hwaseong-Si (KR); Beom Jung Kim, Hwaseong-Si (KR); Yu Ji Son, Hwaseong-Si (KR); Byung Woo Noh, Seoul (KR); Yong Sun Kim, Seoul (KR); Seung Min Kim, Bucheon-Si (KR); Sung Woo Chang, Hwaseong-Si (KR); Sung Jin Hong, Seoul (KR); and Tae Woo Kim, Wonju-Si (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); and Joyson Safety Systems Korea Co., Ltd., Hwaseong-si (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); and Joyson Safety Systems Korea Co., Ltd., Hwaseong-si (KR)
Filed on Oct. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/967,553.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0052852 (KR), filed on Apr. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0347967 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 1/10 (2006.01); B60R 21/20 (2011.01); B62D 1/18 (2006.01); B60R 21/203 (2006.01); B62D 1/183 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 1/10 (2013.01) [B60R 21/203 (2013.01); B62D 1/183 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A foldable steering wheel apparatus including a steering wheel configured to be rotated on a rotation shaft arranged unparallel to a steering shaft after being linear moved,
wherein the steering wheel is configured to be linearly moved in one of radial directions of a circle centered on the steering shaft of a column, and
wherein the steering wheel is configured to be rotated on the rotation shaft arranged orthogonal to the steering shaft.