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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2003
Mikine Hayashi, Gifu, JP;
Atsushi Nagata, Inazawa, JP;
Minoru Hashimoto, Ichinomiya, JP;
Tooru Koyama, Ama-gun, JP;
Mikine Hayashi, Gifu, JP;
Atsushi Nagata, Inazawa, JP;
Minoru Hashimoto, Ichinomiya, JP;
Tooru Koyama, Ama-gun, JP;
Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A steering wheel including a core metal of a ring portion also includes a soft portion and a hard portion for covering circumferential portions of the core metal. Leather is disposed on a surface of the soft portion and overlaps edges of the hard portion. Extended portions extending from the soft portion surround the core metal and are covered by the hard portion. In this manner, a user of the steering wheel may experience comfort in the feel of the leather on the soft portion as well as an aesthetically appealing hard portion.