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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Takashi Sakaguchi, Mömbris, DE;
Assignee:
Takata-Petri AG, Aschaffenburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/04 ; B60R 1/600 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/04 ; B60R 1/600 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a steering wheel with a moving contact that is elastically mounted and can move in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the steering column, especially to activate the horn. According to the invention, the steering wheel skeleton consists of at least one holder for engagement with at least one section ( ) of the moving contact ( ), and the moving contact ( ) can be blocked in said position of engagement by at least one section ( ) of the moving contact ( ).