Steering wheel assembly for a motor vehicle and method for operating a portable functional component

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PATENT NO 9067543
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12518055

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A steering wheel assembly is provided for a motor vehicle, including at least one actuating element disposed on the steering wheel for the actuation of a first functional component of the motor vehicle installed in the motor vehicle, and an electronic control unit configured to associate the actuating element with a portable second functional component located in an effective environment of the unit, for being actuated thereby. A method is providing for operating a portable second functional component in a motor vehicle including providing a steering wheel assembly having a plurality of user-operated actuating elements and selecting at least one actuating element from the number of available actuating elements by means of the portable second functional component.

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  • TAKATA-PETRI AG

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bender, Jürgen Frankfurt, DE 4 12
Bischoff, Michael Rottenberg, DE 34 347
Germuth-Löffler, Michael Aschaffenburg, DE 2 11

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