US 2019/0193771 A1Published application

Steering wheel

AssigneeNihon Plast Co., Ltd.

InventorsAkihiko YAMAMI, Katsuya MURAMATSU, Masahiro OOKA

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Abstract

There is provided a steering wheel to make it possible to install a covering member on a rim section main body portion in a wide range and with a good external appearance. A steering wheel base section includes the rim section main body portion that configures a rim section. The rim section main body portion is provided with a groove along the rim section main body portion. The groove is provided with a first line-shaped groove and a second line-shaped groove that is less bent than the first groove. The covering member is wrapped around the rim section main body portion of the steering wheel base section. The covering member is provided with divergence covering sections disposed along the first groove with the first groove interposed therebetween. The covering member straddles the second groove at a position of the second groove and connects the divergence covering sections by a covering base portion.

Claims5

Dependent claims

A steering wheel having a grip section that is gripped and operated by a driver, the steering wheel comprising:

a steering wheel base section provided with a grip section main body portion, of which at least a part is formed to be bent and which configures the grip section, and a groove formed along the grip section main body portion;
and
a covering member that is wrapped around the grip section main body portion of the steering wheel base section,
wherein the groove is provided with
a first groove that is formed in a line shape, and
a second groove that is formed in a line shape and is less bent than the first groove, and
wherein the covering member is provided with
a plurality of divergence covering sections that are disposed along the first groove and are positioned with the first groove interposed therebetween, and
a covering base portion that straddles the second groove at a position of the second groove and connects the plurality of divergence covering sections to each other.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.