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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Toshiyuki Sugiyama, Shizuoka, JP;
Kazuhiro Kaneko, Shizuoka, JP;
Mikio Ochiai, Shizuoka, JP;
Kazuyoshi Nishijima, Shizuoka, JP;
Kevin Dominic Delaney, Avondale, IE;
Assignee:
Nihon Plast Co., Ltd., Fuji, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/04 ; G05G 1/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/04 ; G05G 1/10 ;
Abstract
A core bar for a steering wheel includes an upper shell and a lower shell coupled to the upper shell. Each half shell includes a boss core-bar portion coupled to a steering shaft, a rim core-bar portion, and a spoke core-bar portion interposed between the two. An insertion is received in a hollow defined by the upper and lower shells.