Patent ID: 7425020

Claim:
Steering wheel suspension system to reduce the risk for injuries to a driver in connection with a vehicle collision wherein the system includes a steering wheel axle ( 1 ), a steering wheel shaft ( 3 ) into which the steering wheel axle ( 1 ) is rotatably supported, a steering wheel ( 7 ) arranged at one end of the steering wheel axle ( 1 ) and a knee bar ( 20 ) characterized therein that a box construction ( 5 ) is fixedly attached to the steering wheel shaft ( 3 ), a console ( 9 ) supporting the box construction ( 5 ), that the box construction ( 5 ) is shiftable relative to the console ( 9 ) in a length direction (L) of the steering wheel suspension system, that the box construction ( 5 ) has a carrier member ( 30 ), that the knee bar ( 20 ) is rotatably suspended in the console ( 9 ), and that the knee bar ( 20 ) include an arm portion ( 22 , 26 , 27 ) that affects the carrier member ( 30 ) when the knee bar ( 20 ) is put into swinging motion in connection with a collision.