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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2024
Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Kiyosu, JP;
Kazuma Muramatsu, Kiyosu, JP;
Akitoshi Naganawa, Kiyosu, JP;
TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD., Aichi-pref., JP;
Abstract
A steering wheel includes an illumination unit, an illumination arrangement part where the illumination unit is arranged, and an outer coat layer made of a leather member. The illumination arrangement part includes a covering portion covered with the outer coat layer and a recess part is formed at the covering portion. The recess part houses a terminal portion of the leather member and at least a part of the illumination unit, and has an opening opened outwardly. The illumination unit includes a light-emitting part, and a closing member having permeability to light emitted from the light-emitting part and closing the opening of the recess part. The covering portion includes a recess part side wall forming section forming a side surface of the recess part, and a recess part bottom wall forming section forming a bottom surface of the recess part. The terminal portion of the leather member is arranged continuously along the recess part side wall forming section and the recess part bottom wall forming section.