Steering wheel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9580034-B2
Application number	US-201514660684-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 17, 2015
Priority date	Mar 18, 2014
Publication date	Feb 28, 2017
Grant date	Feb 28, 2017

Abstract

The present invention provides a steering wheel. Among respective hooks of a module, the hooks being adapted to engage with wires which are disposed in respective opening portions of a steering wheel main body, an adjustment rib which is provided so as to be protrusive to an outer circumferential face of one side hook comes into contact with an inside face of one side opening portion, and restrains a position of such one side hook in such one side opening portion. An adjustment pin which is protrusively provided at a position different from that of the adjustment rib on the outer circumferential face of such one side hook elastically comes into contact with the inside face of such one side opening portion by the adjustment rib coming into contact with the inside face of such one side opening portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A steering wheel comprising:
a steering wheel main body;
a module;
a pair of hole portions which are provided so as to be spaced from each other in either one of the steering wheel main body and the module;
a pair of hooks which are provided so as to be spaced from each other in another of the steering wheel main body and the module and which can be respectively inserted into the hole portions;
a pair of engagement portions which are disposed in the respective hole portions, which are biased in a predetermined direction crossing an insertion direction of the hooks into the hole portions, and which are engaged with the hooks that are inserted into the hole portions so as to retain the hooks to thereby support the module with respect to the steering wheel main body;
a coil spring, one end of which is retained at a periphery of a proximal end side of a respective one of the hooks;
a locking portion which is provided between either of the pair of the hole portions and the pair of the hooks in either one of the steering wheel main body and the module;
a locking receiving portion which is provided in another of the steering wheel main body and the module and which is adapted to engagingly lock the locking portion in the insertion direction of the hooks into the hole portions; and
a horn device which comprises: one contact point which is provided at least on either one of the steering wheel main body and the module at a position of the locking portion; and another contact point which is provided so as to be opposed to the one contact point in another of the steering wheel main body and the module, the horn device being blown by way of contact of the one and another contact points due to a relative movement of the module with respect to the steering wheel main body along the insertion direction of the hooks into the hole portion, wherein
the pair of hole portions are positioned at both of the left and right side parts in either one of the steering wheel main body and the module,
the pair of hooks are provided at a position which corresponds to the pair of hole portions in another of the steering wheel main body and the module,
the locking portion is positioned at a central lower part in a transverse direction of either one of the steering wheel main body and the module, and is provided with a pair of protrusion portions which protrude along a direction parallel to the hooks and an engagingly locking target portion which is directly engagingly locked with the locking receiving portion while coupling tip end parts of the protrusion portions, and
the locking receiving portion is provided to be protrusive in the shape of a claw at a position which corresponds to the locking portion in another of the steering wheel main body and the module.

Assignees

• Nihon Plast Co Ltd

Inventors

• Saito Hideaki
• Watanabe Tsuyoshi
• Takagi Mamoru
• Mitobe Takashi
• Kiuchi Yohei

Classifications

• B60R21/26

  characterised by the inflation fluid source or means to control inflation fluid flow {(arrangement or mounting thereof to the vehicle B60R21/20; blasting cartridges for producing gas under pressure in general F42B3/04; initiators or igniters therefor F42B3/10)} · CPC title

• B60Y2410/122

  Plastic parts manufactured by moulding · CPC title

• B60R21/21658

  with integrated switches, e.g. horn switches · CPC title

• B60Y2306/01

  Reducing damages in case of crash, e.g. by improving battery protection · CPC title

• B60Q5/003

  mounted on the steering wheel · CPC title