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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:
Dec. 11, 1990
Filed:
Jan. 08, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert Martine, Audincourt, FR;
Christian Henigue, Delle, FR;
Assignee:
ECIA - Equipments et Composants pour l'Industrie Automobile, Audincourt, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B28B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156245 ; 298941 ; 74552 ; 74558 ;
Abstract
The steering wheel comprises a central hub (10), a peripheral rim (20), and at least one substantially radial branch (30) interconnecting the hub (10) and the rim (20). The hub (10) and the rim (20) are metallic, the rim (20) is circular or substantially circular and the branch (30) comprises a sleeve (31) which surrounds the hub (10) and a sheath (32) which at least locally covers the rim (20) and is made from at least one synthetic material in the state of a semi-manufactured product moulded onto the hub (10) and rim (20).