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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2023
Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Kiyosu, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Bunpei Morita, Aichi-ken, JP;
Masato Mito, Aichi-ken, JP;
Ryuichi Okashita, Miyoshi, JP;
Motoya Funatsu, Toyota, JP;
TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD., Aichi-pref., JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A steering wheel includes a boss portion disposed at a rotation steering center side, a grip portion disposed around the boss portion, and an operation lever portion disposed between the boss portion and the grip portion. The operation lever portion is pivotally supported by a rotation shaft portion provided close to the boss portion, and is configured to allow a press-down operation and a pull-up operation while the grip portion is gripped. A press-down operation surface of the operation lever portion is disposed along a grip surface being an upper surface of the grip portion, at a side separated from the rotation shaft portion and close to the grip portion, between the grip surface and an upper surface of a pad covering an upper surface of the boss portion. The rotation shaft portion is disposed above a lower end surface of the grip portion to be covered with the pad.