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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2019
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Julian Eichhorn, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Gunnar Franz, Ottobrunn, DE;
Christian Froemel, Kolbermoor, DE;
Zoltan Major, Munich, DE;
Martin Wiesinger, Lamerdingen, DE;
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A steering handle of a vehicle includes a support structure, which is mounted for rotation about an axis of rotation and at each end of which an angled gripping element for a hand of a driver is provided such that the gripping element can be rotated relative to the support structure. In at least one defined driving state of the vehicle, the two gripping elements are or have been positioned by way of an actuating device in such a way that portions of the gripping elements that are provided for grasping with the hands of the driver lie on a line, the free ends of the portions facing one another.