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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2002
Applicants:
Kenneth L. Oblizajek, Troy, MI (US);
Carl T. Wright, Highland, MI (US);
Inventors:
Kenneth L. Oblizajek, Troy, MI (US);
Carl T. Wright, Highland, MI (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D001/04 ; G05G001/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An assembly operable to be used with a steering wheel of a vehicle and to suppress a vibration transmitted to the steering wheel includes a plurality of support flexures and an inertial ring attached to the support flexures. The support flexures are operable to be attached to the steering wheel and the support flexures and the inertial ring are tuned to suppress a vibration at a predetermined band of frequencies. The support flexures and the inertial ring are positioned in an annular cavity formed in the rim.