Land vehicles – Wheeled – Attachment
Patent
1999-08-10
2000-12-26
English, Peter C.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Attachment
280731, B60R 2120
Patent
active
061646873
ABSTRACT:
A steering wheel has a steering wheel body which includes a boss for being fixed to a steering shaft, a ring portion metal core, spoke portion metal cores, a covering portion covering the ring portion metal core and the spoke portion metal cores, and a pad portion provided generally centrally of a ring portion, the pad portion being molded integrally with the covering portion. The steering wheel further includes an air bag device provided between the pad portion and the boss. A cloth insert is mounted on a metal core portion, forming part of the steering wheel body, and is embedded in the pad portion so that the insert can flex when the air bag device is expanded.
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Hosoi Akio
Nagata Atsushi
Sakane Katsunobu
Yamamoto Tadashi
English Peter C.
Toyoda Gosei Co,., Ltd.
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