Autoliv Development Ab

Michael Gruhne

Thomas Reiter

Marcus Weber

Sven Hoffmann

Klaus Massanetz

Wolfram Engelhardt

Alexander Feicht

Holger Zang

Tomasz Skoneczny

Felix Pollatschek

Knut Schmeier

Dominik Zelmanski

A steering wheel includes a steering wheel body and a base. The base carrying an inflator and an airbag package, such that the base, the inflator and the airbag package form a first sub-assembly. The base is connected to the steering wheel body at least indirectly via at least one elastic element, such that the sub-assembly can move relative to the steering wheel body in at least one direction so that the whole sub-assembly serves as a vibration damping mass. The steering wheel also includes a cover element with a roof extending over the airbag package, and at least one horn sensor generating a signal when a pressing force exceeding a predefined value is applied to the roof. The cover element is not rigidly connected to the base, such that the sub-assembly can move relative to the steering wheel body under deformation of the elastic element while the cover element does not move relative to the steering wheel body.

Steering wheel with vibration damping mass

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Augsburg, Germany

Michael Gruhne