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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2022
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Joyson Safety Systems Korea Co., Ltd., Hwaseong-si, KR;
Kyeong Boo Roh, Hwaseong-Si, KR;
Beom Jung Kim, Hwaseong-Si, KR;
Yu Ji Son, Hwaseong-Si, KR;
Byung Woo Noh, Seoul, KR;
Yong Sun Kim, Seoul, KR;
Seung Min Kim, Bucheon-Si, KR;
Sung Woo Chang, Hwaseong-Si, KR;
Sung Jin Hong, Seoul, KR;
Tae Woo Kim, Wonju-Si, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Joyson Safety Systems Korea Co., Ltd., Hwaseong-si, KR;
Abstract
A foldable steering wheel is configured to be folded or unfolded due to linear movement and rotating movement of the steering wheel to secure an available space in a driver's seat, and the foldable steering wheel includes an armature body connected to a column, the steering wheel coupled to the armature body, configured to be linearly moved in a radial direction with respect to a steering shaft of the column, and configured to be rotatably moved on a rotation shaft which is unparallel to the steering shaft, and a moving device engaged to the steering wheel and configured to generate a linear movement path and a rotating movement path of the steering wheel to move the steering wheel with respect to the armature body.