Steering wheel for a motor vehicle and process for producing a steering wheel
AssigneeSchipek GmbH
InventorChristoph Pekari
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Abstract
A steering wheel for a motor vehicle, with a steering wheel base body and a jacket that comprises at least one strip surrounding the steering wheel base body on the outer circumference. A first free end of the at least one strip is held in position securely in a groove formed in the steering wheel base body. A second free end of the at least one strip is also held in position securely in a groove formed in the base body of the steering wheel. In addition, the invention concerns a process for the production of such a steering wheel.
Claims23
A steering wheel for a motor vehicle, including:
- a steering wheel base body having an outer circumference;
- and
- a jacket that includes:
- at least two strips surrounding the steering wheel base body on the outer circumference, with a first free end of the at least two strips being held in position in a common first groove formed in the steering wheel base body, and with a second free end of the at least two strips held in position and secured in a second groove formed in the base body of the steering wheel,
- wherein the common first groove is wider than a combined thickness of the first free end so that it is configured to accommodate a decorative element;
- and
- the first free ends being held in the first groove of the at least two strips are connected with a mechanically-sewn functional seam and the second free ends of the at least two strips are clamped in the second groove.
A process for the production of a steering wheel for a motor vehicle including the steps of:
- mechanically sewing first free ends of at least two strips to form a jacket;
- placing the first free ends into a common first groove formed in a steering wheel base body of the steering wheel, the steering wheel base body having an outer circumference,
- wherein placing the first free ends includes placing the first free ends in the common first groove, which is wider than a combined thickness of the first free ends so that it is configured to accommodate a decorative element;
- encasing the steering wheel base body with the jacket so that the first free ends are held in position in the first groove, and thereafter second free ends of the at least two strips are held in position along the outer circumference from the common first groove toward a second groove formed in the base body of the steering wheel;
- and
- securing the second free ends in the second groove.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.