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United States Patent | 5,899,118 |
Satoh , et al. | May 4, 1999 |
To provide a steering wheel which is lightweight, and which has adequate strength and shock resistance, a carbon fiber prepreg 13 is wound on a mandrel 11 or a lightweight foam core 40 so as to obtain a preformer 14. By heating this preformer 14 in a mold 18, a steering wheel is obtained wherein the rim is formed from a fiber-reinforced synthetic resin joined to a metal skeleton 23.
Inventors: | Satoh; Kazuyuki (Shizuoka-ken, JP), Wakita; Masanobu (Tokushima-ken, JP), Kaneko; Tohru (Shizuoka-ken, JP), Oe; Naoki (Nagoya, JP), Muraoka; Tsutomu (Seto, JP), Suzuki; Keizoh (Kani, JP) |
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Assignee: |
Toho Rayon Co., Ltd.
(Tokyo,
JP)
Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai-Rika-Denki-Seisakusho (Aichi-ken, JP) |
Family ID: | 12364181 |
Appl. No.: | 08/787,635 |
Filed: | January 23, 1997 |
Jan 26, 1996 [JP] | 8-32630 | |||
Current U.S. Class: | 74/552 |
Current CPC Class: | B62D 1/04 (20130101); Y10T 74/20834 (20150115) |
Current International Class: | B62D 1/04 (20060101); B62D 001/04 () |
Field of Search: | ;74/552,558,558.5 |
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