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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 1983
Filed:
Jan. 09, 1981
Sumitsugu Arima, Yokosuka, JP;
Hiroshi Tsuda, Yokohama, JP;
Nissan Motor Company, Limited, Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
A steering mechanism for a steerable vehicle such as an automotive vehicle, including a steering column tube fixed to the body structure of the vehicle, a steering shaft extending through and rotatable with respect to the column tube, and a steering wheel structure rotatable with the steering shaft, wherein a switch support structure supporting a switch assembly including, for example, a switch for a warning horn is arranged to be rotatable with respect to each of the steering column tube, steering shaft and steering wheel structure and is connected to the steering column tube by means of two flexible lines which are wound in such a manner that the switch support structure is held stationary with respect to the steering column tube irrespective of the turning of the steering wheel structure and the steering shaft.