Patent ID: 6854356
Filing Date: 2005-02-15
Classification: B60R,B62D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. 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 of the hub from a 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, the base body comprising a reinforcing insert extending from the hub core to the region of transition and embedded in said base body, the reinforcing insert having ends in the region of transition configured as fastening elements for contact with the gas bag module and having end surfaces not embedded in said base body and exposed, the end surfaces which are not embedded being for fastening to the gas bag module.