STEERING WHEEL SUSPENSION SYSTEM

• Main Author: LINDQUIST, MATS
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 01.08.2012
• Subjects: LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS; MOTOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRAILERS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR

The present invention refers to a steering wheel suspension system to reduce the risk of injury to the driver in connection with a vehicle collision, wherein the system includes a steering wheel axle ( 1 ), a steering wheel shaft ( 3 ) in which the steering wheel axle ( 1 ) is rotatably carried, a steering wheel ( 7 ) arranged at one end of the steering wheel axle ( 1 ) and a knee bar ( 20 ). Characteristic features of the steering wheel suspension system according to the present invention is a box construction ( 5 ) that is fixedly attached to the steering wheel shaft ( 3 ), that a console ( 9 ) carries the box construction ( 5 ), that the box construction ( 5 ) is shiftable relative to the console ( 9 ) in a length direction (L) of the steering wheel suspension system, that the box construction has a carrying member ( 30 ), that the knee bar ( 20 ) is swingably suspended in the console ( 9 ), and that the knee bar include an arm portion ( 22, 26, 27 ) that affect the carrying member ( 30 ) when the knee bar ( 20 ) is brought into a swinging motion in connection with a collision.