US 11,938,995 B2
Steering wheel
Shoutarou Hada, Kanagawa (JP); Shunichiro Shinmen, Kanagawa (JP); Masaji Hasegawa, Kanagawa (JP); and Adonis Egdane, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Autoliv Development AB, Vårgårda (SE)
Appl. No. 17/757,534
Filed by Autoliv Development AB, Vargarda (SE)
PCT Filed Oct. 23, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/039922
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 16, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/124678, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-229288 (JP), filed on Dec. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0082806 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 1/06 (2006.01); B62D 1/08 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 1/06 (2013.01) [B62D 1/08 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A steering wheel, comprising:
a boss configured to be connected to a steering shaft and a steering portion arranged around the boss, wherein
the steering portion has a non-circular portion including a corner portion or an end portion, and the non-circular portion is covered with one or more cover pieces,
the steering portion comprises a rim including a bottom portion and two protruding parts protruding from both sides of the bottom portion, and wherein the one or more cover pieces comprise:
a first cover piece configured to cover a first protruding part of the two protruding parts;
a second cover piece configured to cover a second protruding part of the two protruding parts; and
a third cover piece configured to cover the bottom portion.