Steering wheel with finisher
AssigneeNihon Plast Co., Ltd.
InventorKatsuya Muramatsu
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Abstract
In a lower end of a finisher having a substantially I-shape, an extending portion extending along a rim is provided. The finisher has an upper locking portion to be locked to an upper spoke and a lower locking portion provided in the extending portion and to be locked to a lower spoke. The lower locking portion has a protruding portion and a locking piece both standing upright from a back surface of the extending portion. The protruding portion and the locking piece are arranged away from each other in an up-down direction. The lower spoke has an engagement receiving portion for the protruding portion to be fitted and for the locking piece to be engaged.
Claims4
A steering wheel comprising:
- a rim serving as a grip for steering;
- a boss connected to a steering shaft and disposed inside the rim;
- spokes connecting the rim and the boss to each other, and including an upper spoke and a lower spoke being arranged away from each other in an up-down direction and being respectively disposed on an upper side and a lower side in a top view of the steering wheel in a neutral state of the steering wheel;
- a finisher disposed to lie between the upper spoke and the lower spoke;
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- a steering pad covering the boss and disposed away from an inner surface of the finisher, wherein
- the finisher has an extending portion extending in a lower end of the finisher along the rim in the top view,
- the finisher has an upper locking portion configured to be locked to the upper spoke slidably in the up-down direction and a lower locking portion provided in the extending portion and configured to be locked to the lower spoke,
- the lower locking portion has a protruding portion and a locking piece both standing upright from a back surface of the extending portion,
- the protruding portion and the locking piece are arranged away from each other in the up-down direction,
- the lower spoke has an engagement receiving portion for the protruding portion to be fitted and for the locking piece to be engaged, and
- the extending portion is covered with the steering pad,
- wherein the upper spoke has an elongated hole formed to extend in the up-down direction and configured to engage with the upper locking portion so as to allow the upper locking portion to slide along the elongated hole.
A steering wheel comprising:
- a rim serving as a grip for steering;
- a boss connected to a steering shaft and disposed inside the rim;
- spokes connecting the rim and the boss to each other, and including an upper spoke and a lower spoke being arranged away from each other in an up-down direction and being respectively disposed on an upper side and a lower side in a top view of the steering wheel on a neutral state of the steering wheel;
- a finisher disposed to lie between the upper spoke and the lower spoke;
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- a steering pad covering the boss and disposed away from an inner surface of the finisher, wherein
- the finisher has an extending portion extending in a lower end of the finisher along the rim in the top view,
- the finisher has an upper locking portion configured to be locked to the upper spoke and a lower locking portion provided in the extending portion and configured to be locked to the lower spoke,
- the lower locking portion has a protruding portion and a locking piece both standing upright from a back surface of the extending portion,
- the protruding portion and the locking piece are arranged away from each other in the up-down direction,
- the lower spoke has an engagement receiving portion for the protruding portion to be fitted and for the locking piece to be engaged,
- the extending portion is covered with the steering pad, and
- the extending portion has an opening penetrating the finisher and separating a base end of the protruding portion and a base end of the locking piece from each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.