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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2015
Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Kiyosu-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Tsutomu Ishii, Kiyosu, JP;
Osamu Hirose, Kiyosu, JP;
Kenji Sasaki, Kiyosu, JP;
Toshihito Yanagisawa, Kiyosu, JP;
TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD., Aichi-pref., JP;
Abstract
A steering wheel includes: a cylindrical slider which is disposed on an outer side of a support member so as to slide in a front-to-rear direction and which is biased to the rear; a cap member which covers at least respective rear end portions of the support member and the slider from the rear; a movable-side contact portion which is provided inside the cap member; an annular damper holder which is mounted inside the cap member; an annular elastic member which is interposed between the slider and the damper holder; a transmitting portion which is provided in an inner circumferential portion of the damper holder; and a movement catch portion which is provided on an outer circumferential portion of the slider so as to be positioned immediately before the transmitting portion and to which a forward movement of the damper holder is transmitted through the transmitting portion.