Patent ID: 7741581

Claim:
A heatable steering wheel ( 10 ) comprising a steering wheel blank, a heating mat ( 24 ) wrapped around said steering wheel blank, a first visible sheathing whose surface is refinished after having been installed, a second visible sheathing being softer than said first sheathing, both of said sheathings abutting each other in an abutting area, and a coupling element ( 30 ) in said abutting area that, has a depression ( 32 ) being directed towards said steering wheel blank and that, starting from said first sheathing, extends under said abutting area all the way to an abutting edge of said second sheathing, said heating mat ( 24 ) extending continuously under said first sheathing and under said coupling element ( 30 ) all the way to under said second sheathing, said coupling element ( 30 ) being configured to protect said heating mat ( 24 ) in said abutting area against damage.