Actuating device on a vehicle steering wheel

US8173917B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG · DE

Inventors

• Bojan Rosman · Stuttgart, DE
• Hans-Uwe Baumann · Stuttgart, DE
• Norbert Schote · Herrenberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 30, 2009
• Grant date: May 8, 2012
• Expiry date: Jul 31, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T74/20268
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An actuating device contains two shifting buttons which are arranged on the upper side and lower side of the steering wheel. The shifting buttons are guided together rectilinearly on guide pins during a shifting operation, which guide pins are held in sleeves of a supporting plate and are fastened to a steering wheel cover.