Nihon Plast Co., Ltd.

Masahiro Ooka

Yohei Kiuchi

Akihiko Yamami

Akito Urushibata

Katsuya Muramatsu

Yuta Inaba

There is provided a steering wheel to make it possible to install a covering member on a rim section main body portion in a wide range and with a good external appearance. A steering wheel base section includes the rim section main body portion that configures a rim section. The rim section main body portion is provided with a groove along the rim section main body portion. The groove is provided with a first line-shaped groove and a second line-shaped groove that is less bent than the first groove. The covering member is wrapped around the rim section main body portion of the steering wheel base section. The covering member is provided with divergence covering sections disposed along the first groove with the first groove interposed therebetween. The covering member straddles the second groove at a position of the second groove and connects the divergence covering sections by a covering base portion.

Steering wheel

A skin-covered interior trim pad according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a main portion, eaves portionextending out from an outer edge of the main portion, and skincovering the main portion and eaves portion, in which: skinincludes end edge portioncurving along an end portion of eaves portion, eaves-front-surface portioncovering front surfaceof eaves portionon a side of front surfaceof eaves portion, and eaves-back-surface portionwhich extends on a side of back surfaceof eaves portiontoward the outer edge to cover back surfaceof eaves portion, eaves-back-surface portionhaving the same thermal shrinkage rate as the eaves-front-surface portion, and eaves-front-surface portionbeing located across end edge portionfrom eaves-back-surface portion

Skin-covered interior trim pad

An airbag includes: an airbag body formed in a bag shape with an occupant-side panel facing an occupant and an opposite-side panel facing a steering wheel in a deployed state; and a flow regulator arranged inside the airbag body and configured to regulate a direction of flow of gas supplied from an inflator. The flow regulator includes: a flow-regulator body arranged such that at least part of the flow-regulator body faces the inflator; fixed portions provided at mutually separated positions on the flow-regulator body and fixed to the opposite-side panel; and a notch provided between the fixed portions in a recessed shape toward a center of the flow-regulator body and forming a gas passage port between the notch and the opposite-side panel, the gas passage port being a port through which the gas supplied from the inflator flows.

Airbag with flow regulator

A cover for an airbag device includes: a cover body including an opposed part covering an airbag housed underneath, and a tear line provided on the cover body and splitting when the airbag is inflated; and a covering material covering the opposed part of the cover body. The covering material includes: a fragile portion provided on a back surface of the covering material and at least partly overlapping with the tear line; and a stitched portion, at least part of the stitched portion being located at a position overlapping with the tear line and connected to the fragile portion.

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Shizuoka, Japan

Masahiro Ooka