Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2010C00408:body:0:p5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2010C00408
Segment Type: other
Provision Reference: 
Character Range: 15108–18063

2.2.2.1.  Dimensions, mass, structure of the vehicle, forms and constituent materials, place of the components of the propulsion system, place of the battery or of the parts of propulsion battery.

       2.2.2.2.  Mass of the vehicle in running order, as defined in paragraph 2.18. below.

       2.3. "approval of a steering control" means the approval of a steering control type with regard to the protection of the driver against the steering mechanism in the event of impact;

       2.4. "steering control type" means a category of steering controls which do not differ in such essential respects as:

       2.4.1. the structure, dimensions, lines and constituent materials;

       2.5. "steering control" means the steering device, usually the steering wheel, which is actuated by the driver;

       2.6. "general steering control" means a steering control which can be fitted to more than one approved vehicle type where differences in the attachment of the steering control to the steering column do not affect the impact performance of the steering control;

       2.7. "Air-bag" means a flexible bag that is designed to be filled with a gas under pressure, and is:

       2.7.1. designed to protect the vehicle driver in an impact against the steering control;

       2.7.2. inflated by a device which is actuated in case of vehicle's impact;

       2.8. "Steering control rim" means the quasi-toroidal outer ring in the case of the steering wheel usually griped by the driver's hands during driving;

       2.9. "Spoke" means a bar connecting the steering control rim to the boss;

       2.10. "Boss" means that part of the steering control, usually at the centre, that:

       2.10.1. joins the steering control to the steering shaft,

       2.10.2. transmits the torque from the steering control to the steering shaft;

       2.11. "Centre of the steering control boss" means that point on the surface of the boss which is in line with the axis of the steering shaft;

       2.12. "Plane of the steering control" means in the case of the steering wheel the flat surface that splits the steering wheel rim equally between the driver and the front of the car;

       2.13. "steering shaft" means the component which transmits to the steering gear the torque applied to the steering control;

       2.14. "steering column" means the housing enclosing the steering shaft;

       2.15. "steering mechanism" means the aggregate comprising the steering control, the steering column, the assembly accessories, the steering shaft, the steering gear housing, and all other components such as those designed to contribute to the absorption of energy in the event of impact against the steering control;

       2.16. "passenger compartment" means the space for occupant accommodation, bounded by the roof, floor, side walls, doors, outside glazing, front bulkhead, and the plane of the rear compartment bulkhead or the plane of the rear