Patent ID: 6976403

Claim:
An assembly operable to be used with a steering wheel rim of a vehicle and to suppress a vibration transmitted to the steering wheel rim during operation of the vehicle, the steering wheel rim having an annular cavity formed therein, comprising: at least a pair of members projecting inwardly from said steering wheel rim; a mass adapted to be received in the annular cavity and operable to move in response to the vibration transmitted to the steering wheel rim; a plurality of suspension elements having opposed ends, said suspension elements located intermediate said rim and said mass and attached at one end to the at least a pair of members and at another end to said mass, said mass and said suspension elements forming a suppression means; and whereby when the vibration is transmitted to the steering wheel rim and moves said mass relative to the steering wheel rim, said suppression means produces a suppression force at a predetermined band of frequencies to suppress the vibration of the steering wheel rim.