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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 1990
Filed:
Dec. 08, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tetsuji Endo, Fujinomiya, JP;
Kazuyoshi Nishijima, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Nihon Plast Co., Ltd., Fuji, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
74552 ; 2915 / ; 428156 ;
Abstract
An annular rim core of a steering wheel is made from an elongated blank which has, as viewed in cross-section taken in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis thereof, a pair of opposite sides, a first recess formed in one of the sides and sized to fittingly receive a first type of spoke core, and a second recess formed in either one of a bottom of the first recess and the other side and sized to fittingly receive a second type of spoke core. The annular rim core is formed by bending the elongated blank into a circular shape such that the one or the other side of the blank is directed radially inwardly of the circle.