| 摘要 |
1,082,709. Vehicle steering wheels. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION. Aug. 4, 1966 [Sept. 2, 1965], No. 35006/66. Heading B7J. A rim 12 is provided with spokes 14 welded to a cylindrical tubular member 15 having pins 16 fixed thereto, and the member is provided with collapsible spring fingers 18 (see also Fig. 3, not shown), fixed to a plate 19 supported by a collar 23 splined to a steering shaft 24. The pins 16 which also transmit steering movement engage in slots 21 in a tubular member 20 so that the wheel may telescope relative to the shaft 24. Split foam body portions 27 and 29 are fitted and glued around the wheel by epoxy resin and a central cap or plug portion 30 of hollow plastics construction or of solid foamed plastics are provided to protect the driver. The body portions and the plug may be covered by plastic skins and be of the same or different resiliences. In a modification, Fig. 4 (not shown), a ferrule (54) surrounds each of the spokes and the cap (50) is supported by C- sectioned ring (51). |
