Vehicle steering wheel
AssigneeTRW Automotive Safety Systems GmbH
InventorJupp Fleckenstein
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Abstract
The invention relates to a vehicle steering wheel with a steering wheel rim, the steering wheel comprising a skeleton, and a skeleton covering which is visible from the exterior and has recesses. The skeleton covering is provided in a region of the steering wheel rim. The steering wheel further comprises at least one decorative segment which supplements a part of the skeleton covering and has detent noses which engage into the recesses in the skeleton covering. The decorative segment is a half shell having an essentially clip-shaped form in cross-section and has free edges which are provided with the detent noses.
Claims6
A vehicle steering wheel with a steering wheel rim, said steering wheel comprising:
- a skeleton,
- a skeleton covering which is visible from the exterior and has recesses, said skeleton covering being provided in a region of said steering wheel rim,
- and at least one decorative segment which supplements a part of said skeleton covering and has detent noses which engage into said recesses in said skeleton covering,
- said decorative segment being half shell having an essentially clip-shaped form in cross-section and having free edges,
- a plurality of separate detent noses being provided at both of said free edges, said detent noses at each of said free edges being spaced apart from each other in a peripheral direction with unoccupied gaps interposed between said detent noses, said detent noses alternating at opposite edges as seen in an axial direction.
A vehicle steering wheel with a steering wheel rim, said steering wheel comprising:
- a skeleton,
- a skeleton covering which is visible from the exterior and has recesses, said skeleton covering completely surrounding said steering wheel rim as seen in a cross-sectional view through the steering wheel rim,
- and at least one decorative segment which supplements a part of said skeleton covering and has detent noses which engage into said recesses in said skeleton covering,
- said decorative segment being a plastic half shell covered with leather and having an essentially clip-shaped form in cross-section and having free edges which are provided with said detent noses,
- said detent noses at each of said free edges being spaced apart from each other in a peripheral direction with unoccupied gaps interposed between said detent noses, said detent noses alternating at opposite edges as seen in an axial direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.