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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2022
Filed:
May. 24, 2021
Nihon Plast Co., Ltd., Fujinomiya, JP;
Katsuya Muramatsu, Shizuoka, JP;
Akito Urushibata, Shizuoka, JP;
NIHON PLAST CO., LTD., Fujinomiya, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a core of a steering wheel to which a module can be stably fixed while manufacturing cost is suppressed. Core () includes boss core portion () at which a gate of a mold is set and which is connected to a steering shaft. Core () includes a rim core portion that is positioned around boss core portion (). Core () includes a plurality of spoke core portions () that connect boss core portion () to the rim core portion. Core () includes connecting portion () that includes fixing portion () to which a module is fixed and connects spoke core portions () positioned on upper and lower sides in a neutral state of the steering wheel. Core () includes expansion portion () of which a width gradually increases downward toward upper end portion () of connecting portion () in the neutral state of the steering wheel.