Patent ID: 6941836

Claim:
A steering wheel comprising: a steering wheel body that comprises a steering wheel core including a ring core of a ring portion, a boss core of a boss portion, and a plurality of spoke cores of spokes, wherein the ring portion is held during steering, the boss portion is located in the center of the ring portion, and the spokes connect the ring portion and the boss portion; a pad located above the boss portion, wherein the pad is joined to the steering wheel core; and a switch operation portion; wherein the switch operation portion is separated from the pad and is arranged outward from the pad toward the ring, wherein: upon self-alignment of the steering wheel, a ring plane of the steering wheel body is displaced toward the vertical plane due to plastic deformation of the steering wheel core; the switch operation portion is disposed in at least one of two spokes located in the front side, the two front spokes neighboring a front space inside the ring portion and being arranged generally symmetrically relative to the boss portion; and the cores of the front spokes comprise deforming portions, respectively, at positions generally symmetric relative to the boss portion and toward the boss portion relative to the switch operation portion, whereby the front spoke cores twist-deform upon self-alignment.