Patent ID: 11951953
Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  A | IPC A  B

Claim 0:
1. A vehicle, comprising:
a steering device configured to steer the vehicle, wherein the steering device has a manually operable steering input unit configured to be manually gripped and to input steering commands, wherein the manually operable steering input unit has a one-piece or multi-piece gripping surface which is manually grippable by a vehicle driver to input steering commands; and
an outer cleaning device configured to clean the gripping surface of the manually operable steering input unit, wherein
the manually operable steering input unit is arranged on the vehicle so as to be movable between a usage position, in which the manually operable steering input unit is grippable by the vehicle driver, and a non-usage position in which the manually operable steering input unit cannot be gripped by the vehicle driver,
the outer cleaning device has at least one cleaning box arranged on the vehicle, wherein the at least one cleaning box has or contains at least one inner cleaning device configured to clean the gripping surface,
in the usage position at least a region of the gripping surface of the manually operable steering input unit is arranged outside the cleaning box, and
in the non-usage position at least the region of the gripping surface of the manually operable steering input unit is arranged inside the cleaning box.