STEERING WHEEL FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE
A steering wheel for a motor vehicle is described, with a gripping force sensor, with an optical fibre (3), which is arranged along the periphery of the steering wheel rim (2), as part of a fibre optic sensor, and with an optoelectronic device which detects a deformation of the optical fibre (3) that is caused by an application of force, wherein at least one profiled groove (4) which runs in the peripheral direction and in which an optical fibre (3) is guided is formed in the steering wheel rim (2), and wherein a profiled body (9) is arranged in the profiled groove (4), the profiled body having a ribbed profile which acts on the optical fibre (3) when force is applied to the steering wheel rim (2).