Arrangement of a steering wheel in a motor vehicle suitable for autonomous driving

US10526002B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Felix SCHWARZ · Munich, DE
• Philipp KERSCHBAUM · Munich, DE
• Julian EICHHORN · Menlo Park, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 18, 2017
• Grant date: Jan 7, 2020
• Expiry date: Feb 4, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62D1/286
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An arrangement of a steering wheel in a motor vehicle suitable for autonomous driving is provided, wherein the steering wheel can be pivoted or tilted from a usage position into a rest position, in which the driver of the vehicle can still specify a steering request by rotating the steering wheel. The pivoting or tilting of the steering wheel from the usage position into the rest position switches on an autonomous vehicle operating mode, in which the vehicle moves along the roadway without assistance from the driver, whereas pivoting or tilting of the steering wheel from the rest position into the usage position switches off the autonomous vehicle operating mode. For this purpose, the steering wheel rim can be pivotably or tiltably attached to a spoke of the steering wheel, which spoke is stationary or connected to the steering wheel rim. The steering wheel rim can be guided within a rim guide sleeve such that the steering wheel rim can be rotated about the axis of rotation of the steering wheel, which rim guide sleeve in turn can be pivoted in a guiding end of the spoke about a pivot axis that extends parallel to a tangent of the steering wheel rim at the point of intersection wit…