US 11,745,783 B2
Steering wheel, control unit for such a steering wheel and steering wheel assembly and method for the production thereof
Ramon Baña Castro, Vigo (ES); Pedro Pereiro Coto, O Porrino (ES); Miguel Segovia Romero, Salvaterra de Mino (ES); Alberto Santorio Cancelas, Vigo (ES); Rafael Carballido, Vigo-Pontevedra (ES); Laurent Bauvineau, Antony (FR); Clément Lemele, Chaville (FR); and Nathalie Richeux Guilloux, Igny (FR)
Assigned to DALPHI METAL ESPANA, S.A., Vigo (ES)
Filed by DALPHI METAL ESPANA S.A., Vigo (ES)
Filed on Jul. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/366,538.
Application 17/366,538 is a division of application No. 16/462,730, granted, now 11,117,609, previously published as PCT/EP2017/080932, filed on Nov. 30, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2016 123 134.7 (DE), filed on Nov. 30, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0394810 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B62D 1/04 (2006.01); B62D 1/08 (2006.01); B62D 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 1/046 (2013.01) [B62D 1/08 (2013.01); B62D 1/10 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A steering wheel for a vehicle comprising a steering wheel axis,
a hub for fastening the steering wheel on a steering shaft rotatable about the steering wheel axis, and
a steering wheel rim being connected to the hub and surrounding the hub at least partially in the circumferential direction,
wherein a mounting projection for fastening an operating unit is configured on the steering wheel rim,
wherein the mounting projection includes a first coupling element for detachably fastening the operating unit as well as a positioning portion for fixing the operating unit in position, and wherein the mounting projection extends from the steering wheel rim toward the hub, with a free end of the mounting projection being spaced from the hub.