Steering wheel
AssigneeToyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
InventorsKoichi Kaga, Akio Hosoi, Takao Yamaguchi
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Abstract
A steering wheel includes a steering wheel body and a horn pad disposed above a boss section and held by the steering wheel body. The back side of the horn pad is provided with a plurality of hook legs, and the steering wheel body is provided with a plurality of latch portions corresponding to the hook legs. Disposed between the horn pad and the steering wheel body are a spring for urging the horn pad upward and a horn switch unit for actuating a horn in depressing a horn pad. A control portion for actuating the horn switch unit upon depression of the horn pad is arranged in a rear section of the horn pad. Laterally provided in a front section of the horn pad is a center-of-pivot portion which acts as the center of pivot when the horn pad is depressed.
Claims4
A steering wheel comprising
- a steering wheel body,
- a horn pad disposed and held above a boss section of said steering wheel body,
- a plurality of hook legs provided on the back side of said horn pad,
- a plurality of latch portions provided on said steering wheel body correspondingly to said hook legs,
- an urging means disposed between said horn pad and said steering wheel body for urging said horn pad upward,
- a horn switch unit disposed between said horn pad and said steering wheel body for actuating a horn when said horn pad is depressed,
- a control portion arranged in a rear section of said horn pad when said horn pad depressed, and
- a center-of-pivot portion laterally provided in a front section of said horn pad which acts as the center of pivot when said horn pad is depressed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.