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Steering wheel for vehicle

Granted 16 Mar 1999 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Daimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft · originally Mercedes-Benz Group AG

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Inventors: Christopher Rhoades, Michael Kraemer, Guenter Hoelzel, Bruno Sacco +1 · Examiner: Melody N. Brown · AU 291 · TC 2900

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filed 13 Feb 1998
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US D406804
granted 16 Mar 1999

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front view of a…

FIG. 1 is a front view of a steering wheel for vehicle according to our novel design;

FIG. 2 is a top view of a steering wheel for vehicle according to our novel design;

FIG. 3 is a left side view of a steering wheel for vehicle according to our novel design;

FIG. 4 is a right side view of a steering wheel for vehicle according to our novel design;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view of a steering wheel for vehicle according to our novel design;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view from the front right of a steering wheel for vehicle according to our novel design; and,

FIG. 7 is a perspective view from the bottom front of a steering wheel for vehicle according to our novel design.

The dash lines present in the drawings represent environment and are not part of the claimed design. Enclosed please find a set of photographs of an embodiment of our invention.

The broken lines shown in the FIGS. 1, 2, 6 and 7 drawing views are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

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D12/175

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