Motor vehicle steering wheel

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2005-02-15

2005-02-15

Luong, Vinh T. (Department: 3682)

Machine element or mechanism

Control lever and linkage systems

Elements

C029S894100, C264S263000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06854356

ABSTRACT:
The steering wheel for motor vehicles has a hub, a steering wheel rim and a plurality of spokes connecting the steering wheel rim with the hub. The hub comprises a hub core for fastening to a steering shaft and a base body which surrounds the hub core and is made of a fiber-reinforced plastic material. The spokes are integrally and continuously molded with the base body of the hub from a fiber-reinforced plastic material. The steering wheel rim is integrally and continuously molded with the spokes from a fiber-reinforced plastic material. In this arrangement, the base body together with the spokes and the steering wheel rim forms a self-supporting shaped body.

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