Steering device

A steering device that receives steering operation by a driver, the steering device comprising:

• a steering wheel including an annular rim part, a hub part provided inside the rim part, and a spoke part extending in a radial direction of the rim part and connecting the hub part to a rim-inner-circumferential portion of the rim part;
• an electrode provided in the steering wheel;
• and
• a controller configured to detect a change in capacitance of the electrode,
• the electrode including a first electrode portion provided in a connection portion which belongs to the rim-inner-circumferential portion and to which the spoke part is connected, wherein
• the spoke part is provided with an auxiliary equipment operation console that receives auxiliary equipment operation by the driver, and
• the first electrode portion includes:
• a first flat portion provided along a first sidewall surface that belongs to the auxiliary equipment operation console and is located upward when viewed from the driver, the first flat portion having a plane that faces the rim-inner-circumferential portion and;
• and a second flat portion provided at a position separated outward in the radial direction from a second sidewall surface that belongs to the auxiliary equipment operation console and is located outward in the radial direction when viewed from the driver.

A steering device that receives steering operation by a driver, the steering device comprising:

• a steering wheel including an annular rim part, a hub part provided inside the rim part, and a spoke part extending in a radial direction of the rim part and connecting the hub part to a rim-inner-circumferential portion of the rim part;
• an electrode provided in the steering wheel;
• and
• a controller configured to detect a change in capacitance of the electrode,
• the electrode including a first electrode portion provided in a connection portion which belongs to the rim-inner-circumferential portion and to which the spoke part is connected, wherein
• the spoke part is provided with an auxiliary equipment operation console that receives auxiliary equipment operation by the driver, and
• the first electrode portion includes:
• a first flat portion provided along a first sidewall surface that belongs to the auxiliary equipment operation console and is located upward when viewed from the driver, the first flat portion having a plane that faces the rim-inner-circumferential portion;
• a second flat portion provided at a position separated outward in the radial direction from a second sidewall surface that belongs to the auxiliary equipment operation console and is located outward in the radial direction when viewed from the driver;
• and a third flat portion provided along a third sidewall surface that belongs to the auxiliary equipment operation console and is located downward when viewed from the driver, the third flat portion having a plane that faces the rim-inner-circumferential portion.