Safety cover for steering wheel
AssigneeYohan Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorKwang J. Park
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Abstract
A safety cover for use with the steering wheel of an automobile comprising an impact reducing section having an elastic partition wall and a cavity formed by the elastic partition within which an impact reducing material such as air, liquid, or a solid elastic body is filled, and a mounting section for mounting the impact reducing section to the steering wheel. The safety cover is capable of reducing an impact from the steering wheel which may be applied to a human body in case of a collision of the automobiles, and for absorbing car vibrations and thereby produce a good handling sensation.
Claims15
A safety cover adapted for use with a steering wheel having a generally circular handgrip portion, comprising:
- (a) an annular impact reducing portion (20) adapted for concentric arrangement about said handgrip portion;
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- (b) a mounting portion (60) operable to mount said impact reducing portion to said handgrip portion;
- (c) said impact reducing portion including a partition wall portion (21) integral with said mounting portion, said partition wall portion containing a chamber (22) for receiving an impact reducing material (24).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.