Patent ID: 6561060
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: B62D,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
A vehicle steering wheel attachment for detachably arresting a vehicle steering wheel on a vehicle steering shaft, said attachment comprising:a free end of an axially extending steering shaft which end has a multiple-cornered profile, said free end further having a radial groove including a wedge surface, a hub portion of said steering wheel, said hub portion including a multiple-cornered recess corresponding to said multiple-cornered profile of said steering shaft and a radial guiding surface, said radial guiding surface extending radially with respect to said axially extending steering shaft; a wedge moving radially along said radially extending guiding surface to move in and out of engagement with said groove, a drive screw having a longitudinal length defining two opposite axial directions, said drive screw being seated in a threaded bore in said hub portion and having a threadless outer surface portion which extends into said wedge to allow the drive screw to be rotated relative to said wedge, said drive screw and said wedge being coupled to each other for movement together in both opposite axial directions of said drive screw to move said wedge in and out of said groove.