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STEERING WHEEL ASSEMBLY FOR RETRACTING A STEERING WHEEL IN A VEHICLE

  • US 20160200344A1
  • Filed: 01/12/2016
  • Published: 07/14/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/12/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A steering wheel assembly for a vehicle, the steering wheel assembly comprising:

  • a steering wheel;

    a steering column attachable to the steering wheel;

    a pivoting member attachable to the steering column and a cross-beam structure of the vehicle, wherein the pivoting member is configured to pivot the steering column in an upward direction about a horizontal axis directed along a width of the vehicle; and

    an actuating member configured to initiate a sliding of the steering column in a forward direction toward an instrument panel of the vehicle;

    wherein the steering wheel is retractable from a normal driving position by first pivoting the steering column upward via the pivoting member and thereafter sliding the steering column forward via the actuating member.

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