US 12,103,582 B2
Steering wheel
Wenyuan Chen, Shanghai (CN); Shuhao Wang, Shanghai (CN); and Ruigang Sang, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to Autoliv Development AB, Vårgårda (SE)
Appl. No. 18/043,838
Filed by Autoliv Development AB, Vargarda (SE)
PCT Filed Jul. 21, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CN2021/107496
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 2, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/052640, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 17, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 202010941147.6 (CN), filed on Sep. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0025467 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. B62D 1/10 (2006.01); B62D 1/06 (2006.01); G01D 5/04 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 1/10 (2013.01) [B62D 1/06 (2013.01); G01D 5/04 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A steering wheel, comprising a steering wheel rim and a steering wheel support, the steering wheel rim being movable relative to the steering wheel support, and the steering wheel rim being mounted so as to be rotatable about a first axis of rotation,
wherein,
the steering wheel further comprises:
a pivot shaft, configured to be fixedly connected to the steering wheel rim so as to move together with the steering wheel rim, the pivoting of the pivot shaft about a second axis of rotation causing the steering wheel rim to rotate about the second axis of rotation relative to the steering wheel support, wherein the first axis of rotation is perpendicular to the second axis of rotation; and
a transmission mechanism, configured to be drivingly connected to the pivot shaft and configured to transmit power to the pivot shaft when driven by a driving apparatus so that the pivot shaft pivots about the second axis of rotation, wherein the transmission mechanism comprises:
a transmission shaft;
a first transmission mechanism; and
a second transmission mechanism spaced apart from the first transmission mechanism so as to transmit power from the driving apparatus to the transmission shaft.