Patent · US Expired

Steering wheel

US5445048A · kind A · utility

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9References

1Claims

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Assignee

Kolbenschmidt Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Helmut Kaufer · Mettmann, DE
Maximiliam Grimm · Hamburg, DE
Martin Kreuzer · Kleinwallstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 30, 1993
Grant date	Aug 29, 1995
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 30, 2013

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T428/254
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In order to impart an adequate functional stiffness to a steering wheel comprising an injection-molded skeleton made of partly crystalline thermoplastic plastic, the skeleton of the steering wheel has a press-stretched structure.

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