Takata Corporation

Hidetomo Oka

Norihisa Okada

Motokazu Nakagawa

Kazuhiko Joujima

To provide an airbag device and a steering wheel capable of improving the operational feeling of horn. An airbag device comprises: an airbag unithaving an airbag, an inflatorfor inflating the airbag, and a coverwhich is disposed to cover said airbag in the folded state, wherein as the coveris pressed, the airbag unitis moved in the pressing direction; a supporting platewhich is fixed to a steering wheel; three springs-for biasing the airbag unitin a direction opposite to the pressing direction; and three horn switches-which are located outside of the springs-in the radial direction of the steering wheel and close to the surface of the coverin relation to the springs-

Airbag device and steering wheel

For accommodating and fixing a substantially cylindrical inflator to an inflator holder, a method for fixing an inflator includes the steps of providing the first, second, and third press parts on an internal surface of the inflator holder at different locations in the peripheral direction of the inflator inserting the inflator into the inflator holder from one end of the inflator holder; and pressing the inflator at the first, second, and third press parts from an external periphery to fix the inflator. It is arranged that any of included angles between lines from a center of the inflator to the respective press parts is less than 180&#xb0;.

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Tokyo, Japan

Hidetomo Oka