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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 23, 1999
Tooru Koyama, Ama-gun, Aichi-ken, JP;
Tadashi Yamamoto, Nishikasugai-gun, Aichi-ken, JP;
Mikine Hayashi, Gifu-shi, Gifu-ken, JP;
Atsushi Nagata, Inazawa-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Other;
Abstract
This steering wheel includes a ring portion to be gripped during steering, a core, a core coating layer coating the core and having a surface, and a decorative layer arranged at one or more surface portions of the core coating layer. The decorative layer has a printed layer and a transparent protective coating layer protecting the printed layer. The steering wheel is made by a process in which the core coating layer is molded around the ring portion in a mold, the printed layer is formed on the surface portions of the core coating layer by hydraulic transfer, and the protective coating layer is formed by applying a coating agent to a surface of the printed layer.