STEERING WHEEL FOR VEHICLE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress exposure of a rupture part accompanied with the crack of a decorative cover to the side of an occupant by suppressing the crack of the decorative cover accompanied with bending deformation of a spoke part to the front of a vehicle. SOLUTION: This steering wheel for...

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Main Authors YOKOGAWA TAICHI, ASANO MASAKAZU, OTSUKA MASAKATSU, AZUMA AKIRA, ONODA ATSUSHI, SHIBAYAMA YOSHIKI, TOMONO YOSHITERU
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 11.12.2008
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LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
MOTOR VEHICLES
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
TRAILERS
TRANSPORTING
VEHICLES IN GENERAL
VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR
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Summary:PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress exposure of a rupture part accompanied with the crack of a decorative cover to the side of an occupant by suppressing the crack of the decorative cover accompanied with bending deformation of a spoke part to the front of a vehicle. SOLUTION: This steering wheel for the vehicle includes: a steering wheel body 10 integrated in a manner that a hub portion 11 having an airbag module attachment portion and a connecting part to a steering shaft is connected to a wheel portion 12 through a spoke portion 13; and the decorative cover member 30 fixed by connecting portions 32, 33 to both the hub portion 11 and the spoke portion 13 in the vicinity of the wheel portion 12 for covering at least the spoke portion 13 from the side of the occupant. The decorative cover member 30 has a bending deformable portion 31a which is elastically deformable or plastically deformable with respect to a bending load in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and formed between both the connecting portions 32, 33. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Bibliography:Application Number: JP20070143903