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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2014
Autoliv Development Ab, Vårgårda, SE;
Yousuke Kato, Yokohama, JP;
Jinkeun Kim, Yokohama, JP;
AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB, Vargarda, SE;
Abstract
A steering wheel providing minimal cost increase due to addition of a temperature adjustment function. The steering wheel, includes: a boss portion to be connected to a steering column; a grip portion to be gripped by a driver; and a spoke portion, which connects the boss portion and the grip portion to each other. The grip portion includes: a synthetic resin layer molded by a synthetic resin; a cored bar; a flexible porous material layer disposed on an outer peripheral surface side of the cored bar; and a heater element disposed on an outer surface of the porous material layer. The porous material layer and the heater element are covered by the synthetic resin layer.