Patent · US Expired

Safety apparatus for vehicles

US4703827A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

AUDI AG · DE

Inventors

Elmar Vollmer · Wettstetten, DE
Jens Hofmann · Mannheim, DE
Helmut Adam

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 8, 1985
Grant date	Nov 3, 1987
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 8, 2005

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB62D1/197
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A safety apparatus for removing the steering wheel of an automotive vehicle from a zone of potential impact with the head of a driver, in case of collision, including a substantially unstretchable connecting member between the steering wheel and a part of the vehicle likely to move forwardly relative to the chassis in case of collision and transferring such movement to the steering wheel to withdraw it towards the dashboard. The steering wheel may be mounted on an axially collapsible column.

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