Lighting device of steering wheel and assembling method thereof
A lighting device of a steering wheel and an assembling method of the lighting device improving an assembly process and mass productivity of the lighting device by simplifying an assembly structure thereof, includes a grip body forming a rim of the steering wheel and including a body groove portion formed in a shape in which the body groove portion is cut away along the rim, a bezel fitted to the body groove portion and assembled to the grip body so that the body groove portion is covered by the bezel, the bezel including a center portion provided with a light transmission hole, and includes a light emitting body assembled to the bezel to overlap the light transmission hole from between the body groove portion and the bezel, the light emitting body being configured to emit light through the light transmission hole.
1. An assembling method of a lighting device of a steering wheel, the assembling method comprising:
coupling a wire to a light emitting body;
assembling the light emitting body coupled to the wire to a rear surface of a bezel for a predetermined time period;
inserting and providing the wire into a body wire groove which is formed in a grip body;
coupling the bezel and the grip body to each other by use of a fastener; and
forming a wheel cover on the grip body so that the wheel cover covers the body wire groove,
wherein, in the forming of the wheel cover on the grip body, after an external surface of the grip body is covered with a pad layer except for a portion to which the bezel is assembled, a covering layer covers the pad layer together with an external surface of the bezel except for a portion to which an external lens is assembled.
2. An assembling method of a lighting device of a steering wheel, the assembling method comprising:
coupling a wire to a light emitting body;
assembling the light emitting body coupled to the wire to a rear surface of a bezel for a predetermined time period;
inserting and providing the wire into a body wire groove which is formed in a grip body;
coupling the bezel and the grip body to each other by use of a fastener;
forming a wheel cover on the grip body so that the wheel cover covers the body wire groove;
after the forming of the wheel cover on the grip body,
inserting an internal lens into a light transmission hole formed in a front surface of the bezel; and
fastening an external lens to the bezel by use of a coupling structure of a hooking protrusion and a hooking hole that are formed in the external lens and the bezel.