Abstract: Provided is a foldable steering wheel. The foldable steering wheel includes a hub, a rim moving relative to the hub, and an actuator unit moving the rim with respect to the hub, the actuator unit includes a guide block provided in the hub and guiding a motion of the rim, and a first actuator installed on the guide block and linearly moving the rim forward and backward, and the rim performs linear motion by the first actuator between a first position in an unfolded state for a driver to grip the rim and a second position in a folded state.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 16, 2025
Publication date:
June 18, 2026
Applicant:
KOMOS CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Hyeon Muk KIM, Dong Min KIM, In Chul YOO, Hyeoung Seok SONG
Abstract: A steering wheel is provided. A steering wheel of a vehicle capable of autonomous driving includes a grip unit having a rim shape and held by a driver to steer the vehicle, an illumination unit provided in each of a left portion and a right portion of the grip unit in a circumferential direction of the grip unit, and a control unit configured to control the illumination unit to light up in a hold induction pattern for inducing holding by the driver according to a situation of the vehicle and a vehicle state pattern for guiding the driver through a state of the vehicle.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 16, 2021
Date of Patent:
October 3, 2023
Assignee:
KOMOS CO., LTD.
Inventors:
In Chul Yoo, Hyeoung Seok Song, Won Woo Chi, Jeong Su Oh, Ihn Joo Jae
Abstract: A steering wheel is provided. A steering wheel of a vehicle capable of autonomous driving includes a grip unit having a rim shape and held by a driver to steer the vehicle, an illumination unit provided in each of a left portion and a right portion of the grip unit in a circumferential direction of the grip unit, and a control unit configured to control the illumination unit to light up in a hold induction pattern for inducing holding by the driver according to a situation of the vehicle and a vehicle state pattern for guiding the driver through a state of the vehicle.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 16, 2021
Publication date:
June 2, 2022
Applicant:
KOMOS CO., LTD.
Inventors:
In Chul Yoo, Hyeoung Seok Song, Won Woo Chi, Jeong Su Oh, Ihn Joo Jae