Patent ID: 7602278

Claim:
A steering wheel assembly for a motor vehicle, comprising: a steering wheel; a display device arranged on the steering wheel and configured to cooperate with a sensor device arranged on the motor vehicle for detecting at least one parameter of a motor vehicle, the display device displaying the parameter detected by the sensor device; a functional unit of the motor vehicle for forwarding or converting energy and/or information being coupled to the sensor device, the functional unit being configured to display to a driver via the display device a suggestion for adjusting a parameter of the motor vehicle; and an actuator unit of the motor vehicle being associated with the functional unit, by which the parameter may be adjusted according to the suggestion of the functional unit; wherein the parameter includes a distance from a vehicle ahead; wherein the suggestion offers a distance from a vehicle ahead for acceptance, the acceptance of the suggestion affecting the regulation of the speed of the motor vehicle; and wherein the actuator unit is arranged on the steering wheel and is configured for accepting and declining the suggestion by action on the actuator unit.