MUMBAI, India, Aug. 8 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202421008390 A) filed by Mahindra Electric Automobile Limited, Maharashtra, on Feb. 7, 2024, for 'an arrangement for mounting a steering wheel of a vehicle relative to its instrument cluster.'
Inventor(s) include V V N Chowdary Eedala; Karuturi Venkata Krishna Rao; Mani Shanmugaraj; Yogaraja Venkatraman; and Balanand Gudipati.
The application for the patent was published on Aug. 8, under issue no. 32/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present disclosure relates to steering wheels. The present disclosure envisages a mounting arrangement (100) for a steering wheel (105) of a vehicle relative to its instrument cluster. The arrangement (100) comprises an armature (106), an arm (108), defining a first slot (110) and a recess (122), extending across the armature (106), set of sleeve rings of varying diameters and varying eccentricities configured to be nested in the recess (122), a washer (114) defining a second slot (116) seated on the rings, and a fastening means configured to be received in the recess (122) to secure the washer (114) to the steering shaft (118). The fastening means is configured to be received in the second slot (116) to facilitate mounting of the steering wheel (105) on the steering shaft (118) in a manner that the steering wheel (105) does not block the visibility of the instrument cluster."
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