Patent ID: 7605694

Claim:
A steering wheel assembly for a motor vehicle, having: a steering wheel rotatably mounted about a steering axis; a steering wheel rim for activating the steering wheel; at least one display device, arranged on the steering wheel, for displaying travel-related information of a motor vehicle; and at least one detection device, arranged on the steering wheel, for detecting the state of attentiveness of a driver of the motor vehicle, wherein the detection device serves to actuate the display device as a function of the state of attentiveness of the driver, characterized in that, in a straight-ahead travel position of the steering wheel, the display device is arranged on the steering wheel rim along the vertical axis of the vehicle above the steering axis, and in that, in a straight-ahead travel position of the steering wheel, the detection device is arranged on the steering wheel rim adjacent to the display device along the vertical axis of the vehicle above the steering axis.