Patent · US Expired

Steering wheel for a motor vehicle

US6012354A · kind A · utility

10Cited by

5References

4Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

Hans-Dieter Futschik · Gechingen, DE
Norbert Weber · Pocking, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 27, 1998
Grant date	Jan 11, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 27, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T74/2087
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A steering wheel for a motor vehicle has a steering wheel rim which is closed on all sides and which is connected with a central steering wheel hub by way of radially projecting spokes. The steering wheel rim includes sections which are connected with one another in the cross-section, one forming a decorative section which has a different material at least on the exterior side. In the gripping area of the steering wheel rim which is predominantly gripped by the hands in the driving operation, the decorative section is reduced in its grippable width by the pulled-around other rim section.

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