Zf Automotive Safety Germany Gmbh

Trw Automotive Safety Systems Gmbh

Zf Passive Safety Systems US Inc.

Zf Overseas, Inc.

Marco Tumminello

Matthias Helmstetter

Christopher Baucher

Jeff Harvey

Christopher Staab

Stefan Bachmann

Johannes Morhart

Joao Ribeiro

Gregor Eck

Constantin Von Roden

Bernd Stransfeld

Jürgen Burgard

Andreas Fleckenstein

Jurgen Burgard

Daekyo Jang

Christian Keschke

Sascha Schneider

Alexander Bott

A steering wheel assembly for a vehicle includes a support member connectable to a vehicle steering column. A steering wheel has first and second rim portions. At least one of the first and second rim portions is pivotable about a pivot axis between a steering position and a folded position. At least one linear actuator is connected to the support member and operably connected to at least one of the first and second rim portions. Actuation of the linear actuator pivots at least one of the first and second rim portions about the pivot axis.

Steering wheel assembly

The invention relates to a wiring harness () for an airbag module of a vehicle occupant safety system, particularly for a driver's airbag module, having a connector () for connecting to a pyrotechnic igniter of the airbag module, at least one module connecting cable () connected to the connector () for connecting the connector () to a vehicle wiring harness, and at least one actuator unit () having a pyrotechnic actuator () and an actuator connecting cable () which is formed integrally with the actuator unit () and is connected to the connector (). The invention further relates to an airbag module, vehicle cabling and a vehicle occupant safety system having a wiring harness of this kind and to a method of production.

Wiring harness for an airbag module of a vehicle occupant safety system, airbag module, vehicle cabling and vehicle occupant safety system having a wiring harness of this kind and a method of production

A steering wheel assembly for a vehicle includes a support member connectable to vehicle steering column. A steering wheel has first and second rim portions that are pivotable about first and second pivot axes, respectively, between a steering position and a folded position. At least one linear actuator is connected to the support member and operably connected to the first and second rim portions. Actuation of the linear actuator pivots the first and second rim portions about the first and second pivot axes.

The invention relates to a vibration absorber ring () for fastening a gas generator () to a vehicle steering wheel (), in a manner capable of vibrating, with a ring axis (A), a support portion () for fastening the vibration absorber ring () to a holding element, and an absorber portion () for fastening the gas generator () to the vibration absorber ring (), wherein an elastic damping element () is provided, which extends in the axial direction from the absorber portion () towards a free end () and, between the absorber portion () and the free end (), has a fastening element () for the gas generator (), wherein the support portion () and the absorber portion () are spaced apart from each other in the axial direction.

Vibration absorber ring and airbag module with such a vibration absorber ring

A steering wheel assembly for a vehicle includes a support member connectable to a vehicle steering column. A steering wheel has first and second rim portions that are pivotable about at least one pivot axis between a steering position and a folded position. At least one gear drive is rotatable relative to the support member and operably connected to the first and second rim portions. Rotation of the gear drive causes each of the first and second rim portions to pivot about the at least one pivot axis between the steering and folded positions.

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Niedernberg, Germany

Marco Tumminello