Patent ID: 8656804

Claim:
A steering wheel for steering a vehicle, comprising: a steering wheel metal core made of metal that forms a wheel frame of said steering wheel; and a covering portion that covers an area surrounding said steering wheel metal core; said steering wheel metal core having: a boss portion that connects said steering wheel metal core and a steering shaft; an annular portion configured into an annular shape; and a spoke portion that connects said boss portion and said annular portion; and said covering portion having: an annular covering portion that covers said annular portion of said steering wheel metal core; a harness housing groove portion that is configured to house an electric harness for an electrical structure arranged in said covering portion and is formed into a groove shape on a surface of said annular covering portion, the surface of the annular covering portion facing a driver of the vehicle when the steering wheel is mounted in the vehicle; and a harness cover that covers said electric harness housed in said harness housing groove portion, wherein said harness cover has a plurality of interfering portions that interfere with said electric harness housed in said harness housing groove portion such that the electric harness is held by the plurality of interfering portions at a fixed location at a non-zero distance from a bottom of the harness housing groove portion.