Motor vehicle steering wheel having operating elements and method of operating same

US9254859B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Lutz Eckstein · Stuttgart, DE
• Dietmar Fuchs · Vaterstetten, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 19, 2009
• Grant date: Feb 9, 2016
• Expiry date: Jun 6, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60W2540/215
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A steering wheel for a motor vehicle has operating elements for controlling at least one longitudinally dynamic control system of the motor vehicle. The operating elements include an adjusting element for changing a set speed value for the longitudinally dynamic control system, which adjusting element can be actuated in two opposite actuating directions in order to predefine a direction of the change of the set speed value by way of the actuating direction. The adjusting element can be actuated in at least two steps in each of the two actuating directions with respect to the extent of the actuation in order to predefine an extent of the change of the set speed value by way of the extent of the actuation.