US 12,065,188 B2
Electrode structure, steering wheel, and method for manufacturing steering wheel
Takumi Yamada, Osaka (JP); Yasuhiro Yamashita, Osaka (JP); and Takateru Sawada, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd., Kanagawa (JP)
Filed by Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Aug. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/890,013.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-139139 (JP), filed on Aug. 27, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0067577 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 1/06 (2006.01); H01B 5/14 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 1/06 (2013.01) [H01B 5/14 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrode structure disposed in a steering wheel provided in a vehicle, the electrode structure comprising:
an insulator;
a first electrode disposed on a first surface of the insulator, the first surface being a surface facing a core metal of the steering wheel;
a second electrode disposed on a second surface, the second surface being a surface opposite to the first surface of the insulator;
a protrusion protruding from the insulator toward the core metal; and
an engagement portion that is engaged with the core metal, and
wherein the engagement portion includes a second recessed portion that is engaged with a first recessed portion of the core metal.