Steering wheel
AssigneeNihon Plast Co., Ltd.
InventorTomokazu Sugiyama
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Abstract
A steering wheel assembly includes a pair of guide receiving portions that are integrally formed in both sides of a boss plate. A horn plate is integrally formed as a frame shape and is integrally provided with a pair of guide portions projecting from both sides of an upper side. Each of the guide portions is engaged with each of the guide receiving portions through an insulating upper side spacer to be supported to move in a vertical direction. A lower side portion of the horn plate is supported by a stepped bolt through an insulating lower side spacer in such a manner as to move in a vertical direction.
Claims9
A steering wheel, comprising:
- a steering wheel body;
- a fixed contact provided in the steering wheel body;
- a horn plate provided with a body portion having a movable contact that selectively engages the fixed contact;
- a biasing member for biasing the horn plate in a first direction where the movable contact is apart from the fixed contact;
- a guide receiving portion provided in the steering wheel body, the guide receiving portion engaging with the horn plate for guiding the horn plate to move forward and backward in the first direction and for restricting a movable range of the horn plate;
- an adhering member adhered to the steering wheel body, the adhering member engaging with the horn plate for guiding the horn plate to move forward and backward in the first direction and for restricting the movable range of the horn plate;
- wherein the horn plate is formed with a guide portion protruding from one end of the horn plate in a second direction crossing with the first direction;
- and
- the guide portion is slidably engaged with the guide receiving portion for being guided in the first direction so that the horn plate is guided in the first direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.