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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:
Apr. 17, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 23, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tooru Koyama, Aichi-ken, JP;
Tadashi Yamamoto, Aichi-ken, JP;
Mikine Hayashi, Gifu-ken, JP;
Atsushi Nagata, Inazawa, JP;
Assignee:
Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Aichi-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/04 ; B62D 1/06 ; G05G 1/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/04 ; B62D 1/06 ; G05G 1/04 ;
Abstract
This steering wheel includes a ring portion to be gripped during steering, a core having at least one ridge, and a core coating layer coating the core. The core coating layer has a relatively hard portion formed of a first synthetic resin and a relatively soft portion formed of a second synthetic resin arranged in the circumferential direction relative to each other. The relatively hard portion is harder than the relatively soft portion. The ridge is positioned along the core so as to be covered by the relatively hard portion.