Device for mounting a module carrier on the steering wheel of a motor vehicle

US7673898B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• TAKATA-PETRI AG · DE

Inventors

• Thomas Lube · Berlin, DE
• Andreas Pradel · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 7, 2007
• Grant date: Mar 9, 2010
• Expiry date: Jun 18, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T74/20834
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A device is provided for mounting a module carrier on a rotatable steering wheel of a motor vehicle in such a manner that the angular position of the module carrier remains constant during a rotation of the steering wheel, with a first toothed ring connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the module carrier, a lever, which is mounted on the steering wheel via a bearing section in a manner such that it can pivot to and fro between two positions, a first toothed wheel, which is mounted rotatably on a first arm of the lever and meshes with the first toothed ring in a first position of the lever, and elastic means for pressing the first toothed wheel elastically against the first toothed ring so that rotation of the steering wheel in one direction causes a rotation of the module carrier in the opposite direction. For actuating the lever, the lever has a second arm which is connected via the bearing section to the first arm of the lever.