Steering wheel with integrally-skinned foamed thermoplastic resin-covered handwheel core having flow mark-obscuring abrasion-resistant coating
US4640150A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 14, 1984 |
| Grant date | Feb 3, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 14, 2004 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T74/2087
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A steering wheel having the hand wheel part thereof formed of an injection molded foam of thermoplastic synthetic resin, which injection molded foam has a substantially solid outer surface and is covered with a coating. This steering wheel is produced in attractive appearance without requiring use of any specially formulated resin material or exercise of rigid control of molding conditions.
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