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US 5,205,186 AGranted
Steering wheel
AssigneeEldra Kunststofftechnik GmbH
InventorFritz Draxlmaier, Sr.
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Abstract
A steering wheel with a steering wheel rim which is covered by a cover of leather or a leather-like material. The cover is made of a single-piece material blank whose two longitudinal edges are connected to each other along the steering wheel rim. The connection of the two longitudinal edges is located on the underside of the steering wheel at a distance from the inner circumference of the steering wheel rim.
Claims4
A steering wheel adapted to be grasped by a driver, comprising:
- a steering wheel rim having an underside bellow a center line and a radial inner circumference intersecting said center line;
- a plurality steering wheel spokes joining said rim at a point on said radial inner circumference;
- a cover of leather or leather-like material for covering the steering wheel rim, wherein said cover is made of a single-piece material blank having two longitudinal edges having end faces, wherein said longitudinal edges are uniformly and uninterruptedly connected to each other at a connection extending along the entire steering wheel rim such that the end faces of the longitudinal edges abut each other and
- wherein the connection of the two longitudinal edges of the blank forming the cover is located on the underside of the steering wheel at a distance downward from said point on said radial inner circumference of said rim.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.