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Steering wheel assembly for a motor vehicle

  • US 7,602,278 B2
  • Filed: 07/18/2007
  • Issued: 10/13/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2005
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A steering wheel assembly for a motor vehicle, comprising:

  • a steering wheel;

    a display device arranged on the steering wheel and configured to cooperate with a sensor device arranged on the motor vehicle for detecting at least one parameter of a motor vehicle, the display device displaying the parameter detected by the sensor device;

    a functional unit of the motor vehicle for forwarding or converting energy and/or information being coupled to the sensor device, the functional unit being configured to display to a driver via the display device a suggestion for adjusting a parameter of the motor vehicle; and

    an actuator unit of the motor vehicle being associated with the functional unit, by which the parameter may be adjusted according to the suggestion of the functional unit;

    wherein the parameter includes a distance from a vehicle ahead;

    wherein the suggestion offers a distance from a vehicle ahead for acceptance, the acceptance of the suggestion affecting the regulation of the speed of the motor vehicle; and

    wherein the actuator unit is arranged on the steering wheel and is configured for accepting and declining the suggestion by action on the actuator unit.

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