Patent ID: 6422108
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: B62D,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
An assembly comprising a steering shaft and a steering wheel secured thereto, said steering shaft being provided with a groove at an end associated with said steering wheel and said steering wheel being provided with a holding part which may engage said groove in order to secure said steering wheel to said steering shaft in an axial direction, said holding part being movable between a release position in which it does not engage into said groove, and a holding position in which it engages into said groove, and an indicator element being provided, which is connected with said holding part and is adapted to display at an outside of said steering wheel whether said holding part is in said holding position, said indicator element being a pin, one end of which is connected with said holding part and another end of which is visible from said outside steering wheel, said visible end of said pin protruding beyond said steering wheel when said holding part is in said release position and is flush with said steering wheel when said holding part is in said holding position.