Patent ID: 7512470
Filing Date: 2009-03-31
Classification: B60N,B60R

Abstract:
1. A driver's compartment of an automotive vehicle, comprising: a seat; an adjustable steering wheel comprising at least one adjusting device for adjustment thereof; a control circuit that is connected to said adjusting device; an input means permitting to selectively bring the control circuit from a normally locked state into an activated state, the adjusting device being adjustable in the activated state only; sensors which are connected to the control circuit are disposed on the steering wheel, said sensors comprising: a) at least one first sensor being responsive to a first force exerted only in a direction leading away from the seat toward the steering wheel and at least one second sensor being responsive to a second force exerted onto the steering wheel only in a direction opposite to said first force wherein the first sensor controls an adjusting backward movement of the adjusting device of the steering wheel which is thus moved forward and accordingly away from the seat and wherein the second sensor controls an adjusting forward movement of the adjusting device which is thus moved toward the seat, and/or b) at least one third sensor responsive only to a third force that causes the steering wheel to tilt about a horizontal axis wherein said third sensor controls an adjusting movement of the adjusting device of the steering wheel about the horizontal axis, wherein each of the first sensor, second sensor, and third sensor are individually accessible and touchable by an occupant of the seat.