Patent ID: 8631896

Claim:
A steering wheel for a motor vehicle, having a steering wheel rim for rotating actuation of the steering wheel, a steering wheel hub for connecting the steering wheel to a steering shaft of a motor vehicle, said steering shaft being separate from the steering wheel, and a superposition drive for actuating a superposition steering by means of which said steering a steering angle created by actuating the steering wheel rim can be superposed by a superposed angle that can be created by the superposition steering so that a respective rotation movement of a steering shaft connected to the steering wheel is composed of a steering angle that can be created by actuating the steering wheel rim and a superposed angle that can be created by actuating the superposition steering, wherein an arresting appliance is provided on the steering wheel, separate from the components of the superposition steering for creating the superposed angle, by means of which the superposition drive can be arrested by mechanical action, wherein there is an interrupt mechanism by means of which prior to or upon activation of the arresting appliance, so that said arresting appliance arrests the superposition drive, the power supply, particularly the current supply, for the superposition drive is interrupted and wherein the interrupt mechanism has electric or electronic switching means for the interruption of the power supply for the superposition drive.