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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2016
Applicant:
Nihon Plast Co., Ltd., Fujinomiya-shi, Shizuoka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NIHON PLAST CO., LTD., Fujinomiya-shi, Shizuoka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/04 (2006.01); B62D 1/06 (2006.01); F16F 7/10 (2006.01); B06B 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/06 (2013.01); B06B 1/162 (2013.01); B62D 1/046 (2013.01); F16F 7/1011 (2013.01);
Abstract
A steering wheel includes a ring-shaped rim is to be gripped by a driver (the rim includes a rim core and a rim molding portion covering the rim core), a boss disposed at the center of the rim, plural spokes connecting the rim with the boss, an arm whose base end portion is integrated with the rim core and that is extended toward the inside of the rim core in a cantilever manner, and a vibration generator attached to the arm for generating vibrations that are to be transmitted to the rim through the arm.