1. A steering wheel comprising:
a rim part including a core and a cover portion surrounding said core to cover an outer surface of said core, said cover portion including a decorative component having a base portion made of a synthetic resin;
wherein said a decorative-side engagement portion of said decorative component is fixed to a core-side engagement portion of said core, whereby said decorative component is fixed to said core;
wherein said decorative component is provided with a reinforcement member that is made of a metal.
2. A steering wheel according to claim 1, wherein said decorative component includes a mount seat on which said reinforcement member is mounted.
3. A steering wheel according to claim 2, wherein said mount seat is held between a part of the rim part which is other than said decorative component and said reinforcement member.
4. A steering wheel according to claim 2, wherein a cross section of said decorative component at a location where said mount seat is provided is formed into an annular shape surrounding said reinforcement member therein.
5. A steering wheel according to claim 2, wherein said decorative-side engagement portion is provided in said mount seat.
6. A steering wheel according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of the reinforcement members are provided along said decorative component.
7. A steering wheel according to claim 6, wherein a plurality of mount seats are provided along said decorative component at a constant interval.
8. A steering wheel according to claim 2, wherein said mount seat is integrally formed with said base portion of said decorative component on an opposite surface to an outer surface of said decorative component.
9. A steering wheel according to claim 1, wherein said reinforcement member is formed into an L-shape in which two plate portions are combined at substantially right angle to each other.
10. A steering wheel according to claim 1, wherein said decorative-side engagement portion includes an engagement portion of a clip and said core-side engagement portion includes an engagement hole formed on said core, wherein said decorative component is fixed to said core by inserting said engagement portion of said clip into said engagement hole.
11. A steering wheel according to claim 10, wherein said reinforcement member is interposed between a part of said clip and said core.
12. A steering wheel according to claim 10, wherein a mount seat on which said reinforcement member is mounted is integrally formed with said base portion of said decorative component on an opposite surface to an outer surface of said decorative component, and
a part of said mount seat is interposed between a part of said clip and said core.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
What is claimed is:
1. A process for accessing information via a communications network, comprising the steps of:
generating a combined request for access to an electronic informational source coupled to the communications network and a query for one or more results from the informational source;
accessing the informational source and matching the query to an exact information or solution result found in association with the informational source; and
providing the exact result if found, or alternatively, if an exact result is not found, determining an alternative query at the informational source and conducting a non-exact match search within the informational source for one or more results anticipated to approximate the exact result and providing the one or more non-exact results.
2. The process of claim 1, including the steps of:
entering a request into an Internet browser, the request including a domain name and a query for information or a solution associated with a website corresponding to the domain name;
routing the request using the domain name via the communications network to a server;
accessing the web-site and matching the query to an exact information or solution result associated with the web-site; and
displaying the exact result if found, or alternatively, if an exact result is not found, determining an alternative query at the server and conducting a non-exact match search within the web-site for one or more results anticipated to approximate the exact result and displaying the one or more non-exact results.
3. The process of claim 2, wherein the entering step includes the step of entering a top level domain name and a second level domain name followed by the query.
4. The process of claim 3, wherein either the top level domain name or second level domain name includes a term that identifies the associated website as being capable of receiving and processing the query.
5. The process of claim 2, including the step of entering a domain name selected from a group of domain names that are each associated with a web-site that is capable of receiving and processing the query.
6. The process of claim 2, wherein the entering step includes the step of entering the domain name and query into a uniform resource locator line of the Internet browser.
7. The process of claim 1, wherein the query comprises terms to be searched or calculated.
8. The process of claim 7, wherein the terms comprise at least one of: letters, words, mathematical symbols, or numbers.
9. The process of claim 7, wherein the entering step further includes the step of entering parsing symbols between the terms to be matched or searched for.
10. The process of claim 1, wherein the step of determining an alternative query step comprises using a misspelled word engine.
11. The process of claim 1, wherein the step of determining an alternative query step comprises using an abbreviated word engine.
12. The process of claim 1, wherein the step of determining an alternative query step comprises using an alternative word engine.
13. The process of claim 1, wherein the step of determining an alternative query step comprises using a phonetic engine.
14. The process of claim 2, wherein the web-site comprises at least one of: a database, a web page, or a calculating processor.
15. The process of claim 1, including the step of displaying suggested query refinements if a non-exact match result is found or no results are found.
16. A process for accessing information via a communications network, such as the world wide web, comprising the steps of:
entering a request into an uniform resource locator line of an Internet browser, the request including a domain name, including a second level domain name and a top level domain name, followed by a query comprised of terms to be searched for or calculated using a processor or engine associated with a web-site corresponding to the domain name;
routing the request using the domain name via the communications network to a server;
accessing the web-site and matching the query to an exact information or solution result associated with the web-site; and
displaying the exact result if found, or alternatively, if an exact result is not found, determining an alternative query at the server and conducting a non-exact match search within the web-site for one or more results anticipated to approximate the exact result and displaying the one or more non-exact results.
17. The process of claim 16, wherein either the top level domain name or second level domain name includes a term that identifies the associated web-site as being capable of receiving and processing the query.
18. The process of claim 16, including the step of entering a domain name selected from a group of domain names that are each associated with a web-site that is capable of receiving and processing the query.
19. The process of claim 16, wherein the terms comprise at least one of: letters, words, mathematical symbols, or numbers.
20. The process of claim 19, wherein the entering step further includes the step of entering parsing symbols between the terms to be matched or searched for.
21. The process of claim 16, wherein the step of determining an alternative query step comprises using a misspelled word engine, an abbreviated word engine, an alternative word engine, or a phonetic engine.
22. The process of claim 16, wherein the web-site comprises at least one of: a database, a web page, or a calculating processor.
23. The process of claim 16, including the step of displaying suggested query refinements if a non-exact match result is found or no results are found.
24. A process for accessing information via a communications network, such as the world wide web, comprising the steps of:
selecting from a group of domain names that are each associated with a web-site that is capable of receiving and processing a query;
entering a request into an uniform resource locator line of an Internet browser, the request including the selected domain name, including a second level domain name and a top level domain name, followed by a query comprised of terms to be searched for or calculated using a processor or engine associated with the web-site corresponding to the domain name;
routing the request using the domain name via the communications network to a server hosting the web-site;
accessing the web-site and matching the query to an exact information or solution result associated with the web-site;
displaying the exact result if found, or alternatively, if an exact result is not found, determining an alternative query at the server and conducting a non-exact match search within the web-site for one or more results anticipated to approximate the exact result and displaying the one or more non-exact results; and
displaying suggested query refinements if a non-exact match result is found or no results are found;
wherein either the top level domain name or second level domain name includes a term that identifies the associated web-site as being capable of receiving and processing the query.
25. The process of claim 24, wherein the terms comprise at least one of: letters, words, mathematical symbols, or numbers.
26. The process of claim 24, wherein the entering step further includes the step of entering parsing symbols between the terms to be matched or searched for.
27. The process of claim 24, wherein the step of determining an alternative query step comprises using a misspelled word engine, an abbreviated word engine, an alternative word engine, or a phonetic engine.
28. The process of claim 24, wherein the web-site comprises at least one of: a database, a web page, or a calculating processor.