Steering wheel
US4561324A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 22, 1983 |
| Grant date | Dec 31, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 22, 2003 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T74/20834
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A steering wheel of the stationary pad type includes a steering shaft carrying thereon a boss plate, a first sun gear secured to a column and a second sun gear secured to a pad. At least one planetary shaft is rotatably supported on the boss plate, and has one end on which a first planetary gear meshing with the first sun gear is supported, while a second planetary gear meshing with the second sun gear is supported on the other end of the planetary shaft. The first and second planetary gears are normally held by a resilient device in intimate engagement with the first and second sun gears, respectively, but displaceable therefrom in the event foreign matter is caught between the planetary and sun gears.
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