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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:
Jun. 11, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Toshiyuki Sugiyama, Shizuoka, JP;
Kazuhiro Kaneko, Shizuoka, JP;
Shuji Yamada, Shizuoka, JP;
Yuichi Kato, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Nihon Plast Co., Ltd., Fuji, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05G 1/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05G 1/10 ;
Abstract
A steering wheel which has a core, a cover covering at least a part of the core, a mount member mounted on the cover and a finisher mounted on the mount member. The mount member is fixed to the cover, and the finisher is fixed to the cover through the mount member. The finisher is engaged with the mount member. The core, the cover, the mount member and the finisher in combination form a grip of the steering wheel. The cover is lower in hardness than the core. The mount member is higher in hardness than the cover. The mount member is formed through an insert molding method.