ASSEMBLING METHOD OF SPEED CHANGE OPERATION MEMBER, STEERING WHEEL, AND SPEED CHANGE OPERATION DEVICE

• Main Authors: SAIKI SHINICHI, HAYASE FUMITAKA, NAGAYA KEIJI, ONODA ATSUSHI, KAMISAKA ISHIATSU, ISHIKURE NOBUYUKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 10.09.2009
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS INVEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OFTRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GASEXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS, IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a paddle shift assembling method capable of eliminating any inverting operation of a steering wheel and reducing the assembly man-hour when assembling a paddle shift to the steering wheel. SOLUTION: The paddle shift assembling method includes a positioning step of positioning the paddle shift 20 at the back side of a steering wheel lower cover 12 by engaging the paddle shift with the steering wheel lower cover 12, a lower cover fitting step of fitting the steering wheel lower cover 12 with the paddle shift 20 being fitted thereto in the positioned state to the back side of a core 11, and a fastening step of fastening the core 11 and the paddle shift 20 by screwing a tapping screw T into the paddle shift 20 via the core 11 from the surface side of the core 11 with the steering wheel lower cover 12 being fitted thereto. According to this method, a step of inverting a steering wheel body can be eliminated, and the assembly man-hour can be reduced by the omission, accordingly. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT