US 12,459,626 B2
Member for supporting a driving steering wheel
Paolo Tosini, Ferrara (IT)
Assigned to IFRA S.R.L., Ferrara (IT)
Appl. No. 17/616,079
Filed by IFRA S.R.L., Ferrara (IT)
PCT Filed Oct. 19, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IB2021/059624
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 2, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/248928, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 1, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 102021000013751 (IT), filed on May 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0211864 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. B63H 25/02 (2006.01)
CPC B63H 25/02 (2013.01) [B63H 2025/022 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mechanism for supporting a driving steering wheel for a vehicle; said member comprising:
a rotationally fixed support member configured for connection to said vehicle;
a rotatable support mechanism configured for supporting said driving steering wheel and being rotatable with said driving steering wheel, the rotatable support mechanism being connected to a motion transmission mechanism for directing said vehicle;
an electrical piloting system configured to aid piloting of said vehicle;
at least one cable configured for electrical and/or data transmission operatively connected to said piloting system and configured to operatively connect said piloting system to an operative and/or working unit of the vehicle for at least power supply and/or data treatment;
a carrying mechanism configured to support the piloting system, the carrying mechanism rotationally fixed to retain the piloting mechanism in a stationary rotational position during rotation of said driving steering wheel to allow ease of operation and/or display of the piloting system regardless of a rotational position of said driving steering wheel;
wherein said rotationally fixed support member comprises an axially extended part which is adapted to support said rotatable support mechanism and/or said carrying mechanism; and
wherein said axially extended part includes an internally hollow portion having a tubular body, and the at least one cable is at least partly positioned in the internally hollow portion.