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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1995
Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Nishikasugai-gun, JP;
Abstract
A plurality of horn switches are provided between a steering wheel body and a horn pad provided above the steering wheel body. Each of the horn switches includes a spacer having an insulating property, a horn spring which is connected to a positive electrode of a horn operating circuit and urges the horn pad upwardly, a tongue connected to a negative electrode of the horn operating circuit, and a shearable shoulder bolt. The horn spring and the tongue are mounted on the spacer. The spacer has a tubular portion having an enlarged portion formed on an outer peripheral surface thereof at a distal end thereof. The tubular portion is retained in a retaining hole in the steering wheel body. The shoulder bolt is inserted into the tubular portion from an end thereof opposite to the horn pad, and is screw-mounted to the horn pad.