Steering wheel

A steering wheel comprising:

• a steering wheel body;
• a horn pad provided above said steering wheel body;
• and
• a plurality of horn switches forming part of a horn operating circuit, provided between said horn-pad and said steering wheel body;
• wherein each of said horn switches comprises an insulating spacer, a horn spring electrically connected to one electrode of said horn operating circuit, said horn spring being in contact with said horn pad to urge said horn pad upwardly, a tongue electrically connected to another electrode of said horn operating circuit, said tongue having a contact portion disposed beneath said contact portion of said horn spring, and a shoulder bolt screw-mounted to said horn pad;
• said spacer including a tubular portion having an enlarged portion formed on an outer peripheral surface thereof at a distal end thereof;
• said shoulder bolt including an axially extending shank which passes through said tubular portion, said shank being longer than said tubular portion, an externally-threaded portion which extends from one end of said shank and being screw-mounted to said horn pad, and a head which is provided at another end of said shank, said head having a diameter larger than an inner diameter of said tubular portion;
• said horn spring and said tongue are mounted on said spacer in an insulated manner, and said tubular portion is retained in a retaining hole provided in said steering wheel body, and said shoulder bolt is inserted into said tubular portion from an end thereof opposite to said horn pad.