US 11,745,784 B2
Handle and method for manufacturing the same
Iwao Asano, Shizuoka (JP); and Takahiro Suwama, Shizuoka (JP)
Assigned to NIHON PLAST CO., LTD., Fujinomiya (JP)
Filed by NIHON PLAST CO., LTD., Fujinomiya (JP)
Filed on Jun. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/847,216.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-136376 (JP), filed on Aug. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0061692 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 1/06 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 1/06 (2013.01) 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A steering wheel comprising:
a hub;
a grip section formed annularly about the hub along a circumferential axis of the hub, the grip section having a grip section main body section and a covering member that covers at least a part of the grip section main body section; and
wherein the part of the grip section main body section has a local cross-section having an axial axis formed parallel to the circumferential axis of the hub and a circumferential axis formed about the axial axis;
a decorative section,
wherein the part of the grip section main body section includes an attaching section to which the decorative section is attached, the decorative section extending along the circumferential axis of the part of the grip section main body section around the attaching section,
the covering member includes one split body and an other split body for at least partially covering the part of the grip section main body section, and
each of the one split body and the other split body has a distal end facing along the axial axis of the part of the grip section main body section, each distal end including a plurality of protrusions and recesses formed alternately about the circumferential axis of the part of the grip section main body section.