DE10316350A1 - Steering wheel for a motor vehicle has a rim which is adjustable in diameter by rotating wheel rim segments with respect to neighboring segments - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
- B62D—MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS
- B62D1/00—Steering controls, i.e. means for initiating a change of direction of the vehicle
- B62D1/02—Steering controls, i.e. means for initiating a change of direction of the vehicle vehicle-mounted
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Die
Erfindung betrifft ein Lenkrad für
ein Fahrzeug, mit einem Lenkradkranz, dessen Durchmesser abschnittsweise
veränderbar
ist, und geht aus von der
Hiermit soll nun eine relativ einfach realisierbare Lenkradbauform mit abschnittsweise veränderbarem Lenkradkranz-Durchmesser aufgezeigt werden, die insbesondere ein Ein- und Aussteigen des Fahrers des Fahrzeugs, insbesondere Personenkraftwagens, sowie ein Platznehmen des Fahrers auf bzw. Aufstehen des Fahrers vom Fahrersitz vereinfacht (= Aufgabe der vorliegenden Erfindung).Herewith should now be a relatively easy to implement steering wheel design with sections variable Steering wheel rim diameter are shown, in particular a Driver getting on and off the vehicle, in particular a passenger car, and the driver taking a seat on or getting up simplified from the driver's seat (= object of the present invention).
Die Lösung dieser Aufgabe ist dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass zumindest ein Abschnitt oder Segment des Lenkradkranzes gegenüber den beiden ihm benachbarten Kranz-Segmenten um eine Achse verdrehbar ist, die senkrecht zu den beiden zueinander parallelen Trennebenen zwischen den jeweils mit ihren Stirnseiten aneinander anliegenden genannten Segmenten verläuft. Vorteilhafte Weiterbildungen sind Inhalt der Unteransprüche.The solution this task is characterized in that at least one section or segment of the steering wheel rim with respect to the two adjacent to it Wreath segments can be rotated about an axis that is perpendicular to the two mutually parallel parting planes between each with their End faces adjoining said segments runs. advantageous Further training is the content of the subclaims.
Ein einzelnes Segment des im allgemeinen einen Kreis beschreibenden Lenkradkranzes (oder auch mehrere, insbesondere nicht direkt einander benachbarte Segmente) können auf relativ einfache Weise gegenüber dem restlichen, sozusagen starren Kranz des Lenkrades um eine senkrecht auf den aufeinandertreffenden Stirnseiten der einander benachbarten Segmente stehende Achse verdrehbar gemacht werden. Aufgrund der Kreisform des Lenkradkranzes sowie der Kreisbogen-Form der jeweiligen Kranz-Segmente ergibt sich bei einer Verdrehung eines verdrehbaren Segmentes um 180° ausgehend aus der Normallage, in welcher das verdrehbare Segment den Kreis des Lenkradkranzes vervollständigt, eine nennenswerte Reduzierung des Lenkrad-Kranzdurchmessers, wie auch aus der beigefügten einzigen Prinzipskizze, die eine Aufsicht auf ein erfindungsgemäßes Lenkrad zeigt, hervorgeht.On single segment of the generally descriptive circle Steering wheel rim (or several, especially not directly adjacent to each other Segments) in a relatively simple way the rest, so to speak rigid ring of the steering wheel by a vertical on the meeting faces of the neighboring ones Segments standing axis can be made rotatable. Due to the Circular shape of the steering wheel rim and the circular arc shape of the respective rim segments results when a rotatable segment is twisted 180 ° outgoing the normal position in which the rotatable segment forms the circle of the Steering wheel rim completed, one significant reduction in the steering wheel rim diameter, as well from the attached single schematic diagram, which is a supervision of an inventive steering wheel shows, emerges.
In
der beigefügten
Prinzipskizze ist mit der Bezugsziffer
Der
Lenkradkranz
Die
mit ihren Stirnseiten aufeinander treffenden Segmente
In
gleicher Weise wie soeben beschrieben ist auch das obere Kranz-Segment
Figürlich dargestellt
sind die beiden um ihre Achse
Offensichtlich
ist, dass das figürlich
dargestellte Lenkrad das Ein- bzw. Aussteigen des Fahrers in bzw.
aus dem Fahrzeug und das Platznehmen bzw. sich Erheben vom Fahrersitz
einfacher gestaltet als ein Lenkrad, das in Neutralstellung bei
gleichem Durchmesser in Horizontalrichtung einen Vollkreis beschreibt
und somit in Vertikalrichtung den gleichen Durchmesser aufweist
wie das vorliegende erfindungsgemäße Lenkrad, wenn sich dessen
verdrehbare Segmente
Im übrigen kann
insbesondere für
längere Fahrten
auf vornehmlich geraden Strecken, wie bspw. Autobahnen, das in Lenkrad-Neutralstellung obere
verdrehbare Kranz-Segment
Im
Sinne einer vorteilhaften Weiterbildung kann das bzw. jedes verdrehbare
Kranz-Segment
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