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Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020

Filed:

Jan. 15, 2018
Applicant:

Kurabe Industrial Co., Ltd., Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka-ken, JP;

Inventors:

Akifumi Wada, Hamamatsu, JP;

Masatsugu Saito, Hamamatsu, JP;

Yuki Naito, Hamamatsu, JP;

Assignee:

KURABE INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD., Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka-ken, JP;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 3/36 (2006.01); B62D 1/06 (2006.01); H05B 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 3/36 (2013.01); B62D 1/065 (2013.01); H05B 1/0236 (2013.01); H05B 2203/003 (2013.01); H05B 2203/014 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention provides a steering wheel and a heater unit used for the steering wheel that does not give discomfort to a user when operating the steering wheel. A heater unitis comprised of a substratemade of a polymeric foam; and a cord-shaped heaterarranged on the substrate, wherein a thickness of the substrateis thinner at a portion on which the cord-shaped heateris arranged than other area so that the portion is formed along a shape of the cord-shaped heaterand the heater unitis approximately flat. A steering wheel, comprised of the above described heater unit; a wheel core material; and a covering material, wherein the heater unit is arranged between the wheel core material and the covering material.


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