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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2019
Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Kiyosu, JP;
Matsuo Industries, Inc., Nagoya, JP;
Yuki Nonoyama, Kiyosu, JP;
Osamu Hirose, Kiyosu, JP;
Ryosuke Jinnai, Kiyosu, JP;
Chihiro Kanetake, Kiyosu, JP;
Kazuomi Takeuchi, Aichi Pref., JP;
TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD., Aichi-pref., JP;
MATSUO INDUSTRIES, INC., Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A steering wheel, in which an airbag device is attached to a core metal, including a through hole for attachment of the airbag device, via a horn switch mechanism, the horn switch mechanism including: a metal pin member whose tip end portion is locked to the core metal via an engagement member to be engaged with the tip end portion in a state where the tip end portion is inserted into the through hole and which forms a part of an electrical circuit configured to operate the horn device; and a resin cap which is interposed between an inner surface of the through hole and an outer surface of the pin member, the steering wheel includes a plurality of connection paths configured to normally connect the pin member and the core metal in a manner of forming a part of the electrical circuit.