Steering wheel

Details Steering wheel Steering wheel

1997-06-30

1998-12-15

Ellis, Christopher P.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Running gear

74552, B62D 116

Patent

active

058488065

ABSTRACT:
A steering wheel includes a metal ring mounted on a steering shaft with a boss plate and at least one spoke. An adaptor is provided in the boss plate for securing the boss plate to the steering shaft. The adaptor includes a cylindrical portion into which the steering shaft is inserted and a yoke formed integrally with the cylindrical portion for holding the steering shaft. The yoke has flexible ends constituting a pair of clamping pieces. One of the clamping pieces is provided with a bolt hole while the other is provided with a through hole. A bolt is inserted through the through hole and then screwed into the bolt hole for holding the steering shaft with the yoke. A lower cover, which is made from a synthetic resin, surrounds the steering shaft and covers a lower part of the steering wheel. A holder is provided in the lower cover for supporting the bolt in a ready position to prevent the bolt from falling off the yoke. The bolt is accessible from the side of the steering wheel.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5144861 (1992-09-01), Nishiyima et al.
patent: 5536106 (1996-07-01), Landis et al.
patent: 5749598 (1998-05-01), Exer et al.
patent: 5778734 (1998-07-01), Uchida

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