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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 1978
Filed:
Jun. 18, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wilfried Schwanz, Ahnsen, DE;
Ulrich Seiffert, Braunschweig, DE;
Peter Beher, Wolfsburg, DE;
Hannu Paitula, Sodertalje, SE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
280750 ; 74552 ; 188 / ; 280751 ;
Abstract
A safety device for a vehicle steering wheel is designed to provide increased protection against injury in the event the driver's head strikes the steering wheel on the occurrence of a collision. Increased protection against a head injury is provided by an impact energy dissipating member which provides increased energy dissipation upon impact by a relatively small object, such as the driver's head, as compared to prior devices which protected merely against impact by the entire body. The dissipating member includes first and second hollow bodies arranged one within the other.