Patent ID: 6561059
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: B60R,B62D,Y10T

Abstract:
A steering wheel for motor vehicles, comprising a hub, a steering wheel rim and a plurality of spokes connecting the steering wheel rim with the hub,the hub comprising a hub core for fastening to a steering shaft and a base body which surrounds the hub core, the base body being made of a fiber-reinforced plastic material, the spokes extending from a region of transition between the base body of the hub and the spokes, the spokes being integrally and continuously molded with the base body from the fiber-reinforced plastic material, the steering wheel rim being integrally and continuously molded with the spokes from the fiber-reinforced plastic material, the base body together with the spokes and the steering wheel rim forming a self-supporting shaped body, wherein at the region of transition, the base body of the hub forms a shoulder for supporting a gas bag module, and wherein fastening elements are embedded in the shaped body in the region of the shoulder, the fastening elements being connected with the hub core by a mounting structure embedded in the shaped body.