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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 1990
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Nishikasugai, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
74552 ; 280750 ; 745585 ;
Abstract
A steering wheel having an operating portion, a hub portion, a spoke portion, an impact energy absorbing member located on the hub portion for absorbing impact energy, and a pad including a hard insert and a soft cover member integrally covering the insert for covering at least an impact energy absorbing member and a spoke portion. The insert has a plurality of divided parts or a portion or portions of thin wall section to improve an impact energy absorbing effect of the impact energy absorbing member independently of the rigidity of the pad, without the deterioration of the pad.