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Title:
STEERING WHEEL
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2014172410
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a steering wheel with proper cooling efficiency.SOLUTION: A steering wheel 1 for steering a vehicle has a rim 2 and a spoke part 3. The steering wheel 1 includes a Peltier element 10 that is arranged in the rim 2 in such a manner that an endothermic side is directed toward an outer surface side, a heat pipe 11 that is arranged in such a manner that the side of one end is brought into thermal contact with a radiating surface of the Peltier element 10, and a radiation fin 12 that cools the side of the other end of the heat pipe 11. Thus, the rim can be efficiently cooled.

Inventors:
HYODO TAKAAKI
ABE NORIO
KANO HISASHI
Application Number:
JP2013043688A
Publication Date:
September 22, 2014
Filing Date:
March 06, 2013
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Assignee:
PANASONIC CORP
International Classes:
B62D1/04; F28D15/02
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Hiroki Naito
Fujii Kentaro
Terauchi Italian 久郎