Knit and steering wheel
A knit includes a knitted fabric into which a ground yarn is knitted and a heater wire configured to be energized to generate heat to heat a vehicle member. The heater wire is inlaid into the knitted fabric by inlay stitch.
1. A knit comprising:
a knitted fabric knitted from a ground yarn;
a heater wire configured to be energized to generate heat to heat a vehicle member, the heater wire being inlaid into the knitted fabric by inlay stitch; and
a plurality of inlay threads different from the heater wire, the inlay threads being inlaid into the knitted fabric by inlay stitch,
wherein the inlay threads are entwined with a common loop of the knitted fabric from opposite directions.
2. The knit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the knitted fabric includes a plurality of heater areas, and a density of the heater wire is different in each of the heater areas.
3. The knit as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the density of the heater wire is different in each of the heater areas in a wale direction of the knitted fabric.
4. The knit as claimed in claim 2 , wherein a number of wales with which the heater wire is entwined is different in each of the heater areas.
5. The knit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the vehicle member is a steering wheel.
6. The knit as claimed in claim 5 , wherein
the heater wire is provided at a lower density in a heater area for heating a top rim part or a bottom rim part of the steering wheel than in a heater area for heating a right rim part or a left rim part of the steering wheel.
7. A steering wheel comprising:
a rim; and
a knit contained in the rim,
the knit including
a knitted fabric knitted from a ground yarn;
a heater wire configured to be energized to generate heat to heat a vehicle member, the heater wire being inlaid into the knitted fabric by inlay stitch; and
a plurality of inlay threads different from the heater wire, the inlay threads being inlaid into the knitted fabric by inlay stitch,
wherein the inlay threads are entwined with a common loop of the knitted fabric from opposite directions.