Patent ID: 6214154
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: B44C,B62D

Abstract:
A method for manufacturing a rim of a steering wheel for vehicles, said method comprising:(A) forming a molded member of a urethane material as a part of a rim of a steering wheel, said molded member having an elongate circumferential surface;(B) forming a mask by attaching a longitudinal first mask member covering only a longitudinal first part of the elongate circumferential surface of said molded member, leaving a longitudinal second part of the elongate circumferential surface exposed;(C) transferring a first pattern onto the longitudinal second part of the elongate circumferential surface of said molded member, where said longitudinal first mask member is not present, by hydraulic transfer;(D) attaching a longitudinal second mask member to said first pattern and removing said longitudinal first mask member to reveal the longitudinal first part of the elongate circumferential surface of said molded member to which the first pattern has not been transferred; and(E) transferring a second pattern onto the longitudinal first part of the elongate circumferential surface of said molded member where said second mask member is not present, joining said first pattern.