Motor vehicle steering wheel provided with redundant controls

DRIVE April 1, 2015
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A motor vehicle steering wheel (1) provided with controls for the turn indicators (FS, FD); the steering wheel (1) has: a central hub (2), which is mounted so as to rotate; an outer crown (5), which extends around the central hub (2), is suited to be held by the driver, and is rigidly coupled to the central hub (2) by means of at least two spokes (6); two upper controls (7, 8), each of which is mounted on an upper surface (9) of a corresponding spoke (6) and operates the right turn indicators (FD) or the left turn indicators (FS); and two lower controls (10, 11), each of which is mounted on a lower surface (12) of a corresponding spoke (6) on the opposite side of the relative upper control (7, 8), and operates the turn indicators (FD, FS) that are opposite to the turn indicators (FS, FD) operated by the relative upper control (7, 8).

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