Steering wheel

US2015114168A1 · US · A1

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Publication numberUS-2015114168-A1
Application numberUS-201414523360-A
CountryUS
Kind codeA1
Filing dateOct 24, 2014
Priority dateOct 28, 2013
Publication dateApr 30, 2015
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Abstract

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A steering wheel of the present invention is provided with: a spoke cored bar portion configured to couple a boss cored bar portion and a rim cored bar portion to each other. At least a surface of a respective one of the rim cored bar portion and the spoke cored bar portion is covered with a synthetic resin. An inclined longitudinal wall portion is coupled to the spoke cored bar portion at a connection portion, and at an intermediate part of the connection portion, an easily deformable portion is formed. In this manner, it is possible to provide a steering wheel which is not degraded in appearance quality, even if a rib for preventing shrinkage of a resin is increased in size, the steering wheel having an excellent dynamic performance thereof.

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What is claimed is: 1 . A steering wheel comprising: a boss cored bar portion; a rim cored bar portion; and a spoke cored bar portion configured to couple the boss cored bar portion and the rim cored bar portion to each other, at least a surface of a respective one of the rim cored bar portion and the spoke cored bar portion being covered with a synthetic resin, wherein an inclined longitudinal wall portion is coupled to the spoke cored bar portion at a connection portion,…

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What does patent US2015114168A1 cover?
A steering wheel of the present invention is provided with: a spoke cored bar portion configured to couple a boss cored bar portion and a rim cored bar portion to each other. At least a surface of a respective one of the rim cored bar portion and the spoke cored bar portion is covered with a synthetic resin. An inclined longitudinal wall portion is coupled to the spoke cored bar portion at a co…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Nihon Plast Co Ltd
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification B62D1/04. Mapped technology areas include Operations & Transport.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Thu Apr 30 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (A1). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).