Steering wheel
AssigneeAutoliv Development AB
InventorsTakayuki Hisajima, Toshiaki Ebana, Yousuke Kato, Yui Sekiya, Yukinori Midorikawa
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Abstract
A steering wheel that enables heat to be efficiently conducted to a steering wheel outer covering. The steering wheel includes: a core; a spacer member arranged around an outer periphery of a rim portion of the core; a temperature adjusting element provided on the spacer member; and a resin layer formed to cover an outside portion of the spacer member. The spacer member keeps at least a part of the temperature adjusting element away from the core.
Claims18
A steering wheel with a temperature adjusting feature, the steering wheel comprising:
- a core;
- a spacer member comprising a base member arranged around an outer periphery of a rim portion of the core, the base member being formed with a plurality of voids;
- a temperature adjusting element supported by or integrated with the spacer member;
- a resin layer formed to flow into the voids and cover an outside portion of the spacer member, and
- wherein the spacer member separates at least a part of the temperature adjusting element from the core, and wherein the voids are sufficiently large to permit resin to enclose the rim portion.
A steering wheel with a temperature adjusting feature, the steering wheel comprising:
- a core;
- a spacer member arranged around an outer periphery of a rim portion of the core, the spacer member comprising a base member being formed with a plurality of voids, the spacer member providing a temperature adjusting element for generating heat when electrical current is passed through the spacer member;
- a resin layer formed to flow into the voids and cover an outside portion of the spacer member;
- and
- wherein portions of the spacer member are separated from the core, and wherein the voids are sufficiently large to permit resin to enclose the rim portion.
A steering wheel with a temperature adjusting feature, the steering wheel comprising:
- a core;
- a spacer member arranged around an outer periphery of a rim portion of the core, the spacer member comprising a framework-like frame structure;
- a temperature adjusting element supported by or integrated with the spacer member;
- a resin layer formed to cover an outside portion of the spacer member, and the resin layer being formed to flow around the spacer member and enter between the core and the spacer member, and to cover the outside portion of the spacer member,
- wherein the spacer member separates at least a part of the temperature adjusting element from the core.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.