Steering apparatus

A steering apparatus comprising:

• a steering wheel including a hub portion connected to a steering shaft, a rim portion extending around the hub portion over an entire circumference in a circumferential direction centered on the hub portion so as to be gripped by an occupant, and a spoke portion extending in a left-right direction from the hub portion to connect the hub portion and the rim portion;
• and
• a sensor part of a non-contact type provided on the hub portion or the spoke portion so as to detect a grip operation of the rim portion by the occupant, wherein
• the rim portion includes an upper horizontal rim portion and a lower horizontal rim portion extending substantially horizontally above and below the hub portion, respectively, and a pair of left and right vertical rim portions connecting left and right end portions in the left-right direction of the upper horizontal rim portion and left and right end portions in the left-right direction of the lower horizontal rim portion,
• a distance from the hub portion to the upper horizontal rim portion is longer than a distance from the hub portion to the lower horizontal rim portion,
• the pair of left and right vertical rim portions each includes a first vertical rim portion located below the spoke portion and a second vertical rim portion located above the spoke portion, and
• the second vertical rim portion extends in a substantially vertical direction from the spoke portion to the upper horizontal rim portion in a neutral state where the steering wheel is not steered, and an angle of the second vertical rim portion with respect to a horizontal line is equal to or larger than a predetermined angle.