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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2012
Olivier Bertrand, Courcôme, FR;
Hugues Doursoux, Latille, FR;
Laurent Groleau, Quincay, FR;
Patrick Guerin, Villiers, FR;
Emmanuelle Baloge, Rouille, FR;
Olivier Bertrand, Courcôme, FR;
Hugues Doursoux, Latille, FR;
Laurent Groleau, Quincay, FR;
Patrick Guerin, Villiers, FR;
Emmanuelle Baloge, Rouille, FR;
Autoliv Development AB, Vargarda, SE;
Abstract
A steering wheel has a rim having an armature encapsulated by a cover of resilient material. The cover has a fixing groove or recess formed therein so as to extend around the rim generally circumferentially with respect to the steering wheel. An outer skin is formed from flexible material and is provided over and around the cover such that two opposed edges of the outer skin are both positioned within the fixing groove or recess and fixed therein. The outer skin includes at least one seam terminating in a seam-end located along one of the opposed edges of the outer skin such that each edge of the outer skin positioned within the fixing groove or recess has at least one seam-end, and wherein each seam-end formed along one of the edges is circumferentially offset around the rim from each seam-end formed along the other edge.