Vehicle with a safety device for the driver

Abstract

Abstract 1. Vehicle with a drive unit positioned in the front part and a safety device by which the steering wheel is pulled out of the possible head impact area towards the dashboard in a frontal impact, in which the steering wheel is pulled away by a cable which is passed over a guiding device and which transmits to the steering wheel the relative displacement, which occurs on frontal impact, between the drive unit and a body component connected to the back of it, characterized in that an inflatable air cushion (41) known per se is positioned in the region of the steering wheel (17) and that by means of the cable (31) electrical components (37, 39) initiate the inflation of the air cushion (41) directly or indirectly when the cable (31) is loaded above a predetermined value.

Inventors

• 👤 Ag Audi

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