KR20030000877A - Steering wheel of vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A steering wheel is provided to prevent the movement of a handle cover inside and outside a hub, to improve the steering feeling and to devise a safe driving by supporting the handle cover through an ornament. CONSTITUTION: An ornament(30) is inserted in a spoke(13) of a steering wheel(10). A handle cover(20) is inserted in a hub(12) by containing the part of the ornament. The ornament contains plural assembling protrusions(31) and many ribs(32). The assembling protrusions are combined with the spoke by inserting in assembling grooves(13a) of the spoke. The ribs supports the handle cover by overlapping with the handle cover when the handle cover is combined with the hub. Thereby, the movement of the handle cover inside and outside the hub is prevented though the handle cover toward the spoke is pushed.

Description

Steering wheel of vehicle

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a steering wheel of an automobile, and more particularly, to an steering wheel of an automobile, which is equipped with an ornament on a spoke to prevent the snagging of the handle cover and to enhance the appearance.

In general, the steering wheel 10 is a steering wheel (steering wheel) or steering handle (steering wheel) as a component that the driver manipulates to change the direction of travel of the vehicle, the configuration is as shown in Figure 1 It consists of the rim 11 of a part, the hub 12 of a center part, and the spoke 13 which connects this hub 12 and the rim 11 to it.

And, the handle 12 is coupled to the hub 12 in a manner that is simply fitted, a plurality of engaging projections are formed on the edge of the hub 12, although not shown, the handle cover 20 A coupling groove into which the coupling protrusion is fitted is formed at an inner side edge portion, and the coupling groove of the handle cover 20 is fitted into the coupling protrusion of the hub 12 so that the handle cover 20 is connected to the hub 12. It is intended to have a structure that is combined.

On the other hand, although not shown between the hub 12 and the handle cover 20, the horn operating device and the airbag device that is electrically operated is installed.

As such, when the horn operating device and the airbag device are installed in the hub 12 of the steering wheel 10 and the handle cover 20 is fitted and coupled, the central portion of the handle cover 20 is the horn operating device. And a structure supported by the airbag apparatus.

However, the inside of the handle cover 20 becomes an empty space from the central portion of the handle cover 20 toward the spokes 13, and when the portion is pressed by the driver, the handle cover 20 is a hub ( Flowing into and out of 12) caused a lingering phenomenon that not only worsens the feeling of operation, but also causes severe noise at this time, which adversely affects safe driving.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, by installing the ornament on the spoke of the steering wheel, the handle cover located toward the spoke is supported by the ornament, the handle cover of the spoke side is pressed by the driver Even if it loses, the handle cover is prevented from snarling flowing into and out of the hub, and as a result of this, the operation feeling is improved, thereby providing a steering wheel of the vehicle that enables the driver to drive safe driving.

The present invention for achieving the above object, in the steering wheel of the vehicle consisting of a rim of the outer rim portion, the hub of the center portion, and spokes connecting the hub and the rim, the ornament is fitted to the spoke is coupled , The hub is characterized in that the handle cover is fitted while including a portion of the ornament.

1 is an exploded perspective view of a steering wheel generally used;

2 and 3 are an exploded perspective view and a combined perspective view of a steering wheel equipped with an ornament according to the present invention,

4 and 5 are a perspective view and a rear view of the ornament according to the present invention,

6 is a partial cross-sectional view taken along line II of FIG. 3.

<Description of Symbols for Main Parts of Drawings>

10-Steering Wheel 11-Rim

12-Hub 13-Spoke

13a-Assembly groove 20-Handle cover

30-Ornament 31-Assembling Project

32-rib

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 and 3 are an exploded perspective view and a combined perspective view of a steering wheel provided with an ornament according to the present invention, and the same parts as in the prior art will be described with the same reference numerals.

Steering handle 10 according to the present invention is shown in Figures 2 and 3, the rim 11 of the outer rim portion, the hub 12 of the central portion, and the hub 12 and the rim 11 The spokes 13 are connected to each other, and the spokes 13 are provided with a plurality of assembly grooves 13a.

Here, the spokes 13 are fitted with an ornament 30, and the hub 12 has a structure in which the handle cover 20 is inserted and coupled with a portion of the ornament 30.

That is, the ornament 30 is first coupled to the spokes 13 of the steering wheel 10, and then the handle cover 20 is coupled to the hub 12.

And, as shown in Figure 4 and 5, the inner surface of the ornament 30, a plurality of assembling projections 31 are fitted into the coupling groove (13a) formed in the spoke 13 and the handle cover ( When the 20 is coupled to the hub 12, a plurality of ribs 32 are formed integrally with the inner surface of the handle cover 20 to support the handle cover 20, the rib 32 is The spokes 13 are formed to protrude toward the hub 12.

On the other hand, the hub 12 is coupled to the handle cover 20 is simply fitted in a way, the edge portion of the hub 12, although not shown a plurality of engaging projections are formed, the handle cover 20 A coupling groove into which the coupling protrusion is fitted is formed at an inner side edge portion, and the coupling groove of the handle cover 20 is fitted into the coupling protrusion of the hub 12 so that the handle cover 20 is connected to the hub 12. It is intended to have a structure that is combined.

And, although not shown between the hub 12 and the handle cover 20, the horn operating device and the airbag device which are electrically operated are installed.

As such, the horn operating device and the airbag device are installed in the hub 12 of the steering wheel 10, and the assembling protrusion 31 of the ornament 30 is fitted into the assembling groove 13a formed in the spoke 13. When the ornament 30 is coupled to the spoke 13 by being assembled, and the handle cover 20 is coupled to the hub 12 while being fitted, the central portion of the handle cover 20 is a horn operating device and an airbag device. It has a structure that is supported by, the handle cover 20 of the spoke 13 is to have a structure that is supported by the rib 32 formed in the ornament (30).

That is, when the ornament 30 is assembled to the spokes 13 first and then the handle cover 20 is assembled to the hub 12, the inner surface of the handle cover 20 is shown in FIG. 6. The ribs 32 of the ornament 30 are pressed toward the spokes 13, and thus the handle cover 20 positioned on the spokes 13 has a structure supported by the ribs 32.

Therefore, when the handle cover 20 located on the spoke 13 side is supported by the rib 32 of the ornament 30, even if the handle cover 20 on the spoke 13 side is pressed by the driver, The snarl phenomenon in which the handle cover 20 flows into and out of the hub 12 is prevented, thereby improving the driver's feeling and helping the driver's safe driving.

In addition, if the aesthetic sense is given to the ornament 30 in the interior dimension of the vehicle, the beauty of appearance can be improved and contribute to the luxury of the vehicle.

As described above, according to the present invention, while the ornament is installed on the spoke of the steering wheel, the handle cover is installed on the hub of the steering handle, so that the handle cover of the spoke portion is supported by the rib formed on the ornament, thereby the spoke by the driver. Even if the side handle cover is pressed, the handle cover is prevented from fluttering in and out of the hub, thereby improving the driver's feeling and helping the driver's safe driving as well as the interior by the ornament. The interior is improved.

Claims (3)

In the steering wheel of an automobile, which consists of a rim 11 of the outer rim portion, a hub 12 of the center portion, and a spoke 13 connecting the hub 12 and the rim 11, An ornament 30 is fitted to the spoke 13 and coupled to the hub, and a steering wheel 20 is fitted to the hub 12 while including a portion of the ornament 30 to be coupled and coupled. According to claim 1, The ornament 30 is a plurality of assembling protrusions 31 are fitted into the coupling groove (13a) formed in the spokes 13 and the handle cover 20 is coupled to the hub 12 Steering wheel of the vehicle, characterized in that a plurality of ribs 32 are formed to support the handle cover 20 while overlapping the inner surface of the handle cover 20. 3. A steering wheel according to claim 2, wherein the rib (32) is formed to protrude from the spoke (13) toward the hub (12).