US 12,330,555 B2
Steering wheel
Sayaka Miyata, Aichi-ken (JP); Takanori Yamada, Aichi-ken (JP); and Fumiyasu Kojima, Aichi-ken (JP)
Assigned to TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD., Aichi-pref. (JP)
Filed by TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD., Kiyosu (JP)
Filed on Dec. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/540,087.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-202488 (JP), filed on Dec. 19, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0199108 A1, Jun. 20, 2024
Int. Cl. B60Q 3/283 (2017.01); B60Q 3/14 (2017.01); B60Q 3/78 (2017.01); B62D 1/04 (2006.01); F21V 33/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60Q 3/283 (2017.02) [B60Q 3/14 (2017.02); B60Q 3/78 (2017.02); B62D 1/04 (2013.01); F21V 33/00 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A steering wheel comprising:
a boss portion connected to a steering center shaft of a vehicle;
a steering part configured to be gripped by a driver of the vehicle and steered by being rotated about the steering center shaft;
a light source provided inside the steering part;
a light emission portion provided on at least a portion of the steering part, and configured to transmit light emitted from the light source to emit the light from a rear surface of the steering part, in which the rear surface of the steering part is directed in a direction of the vehicle as viewed from the driver,
wherein the light emission portion has a matte layer on a surface of the light emission portion, the matte layer having transparency and containing fine particles for matting; and
a cover member covering the light source and at least one part of the light emission portion,
wherein the cover member includes:
a base portion having transparency;
a light reduction layer formed by applying a paint to a rear surface of the base portion, and the light reduction layer having a lower transparency than the base portion, in which an opening portion forming the light emission portion is provided on the light reduction layer; and
the matte layer formed by applying a paint to a rear surface of the light reduction layer and a portion of the base portion corresponding to the opening portion.