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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2017
Autoliv Asp, Inc., Ogden, UT (US);
Terry Allen Sella, Clarkston, MI (US);
David Robert Palm, Jr., Davisburg, MI (US);
Christopher Donald Morgan, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Marcus Weber, Untertheres, DE;
Yutaka Hirota, Ibaraki, JP;
Zhiyong Jiang, Shanghai, CN;
Remi Baillivet, Dampierre-en-Bray, FR;
Autoliv ASP, Inc., Ogden, UT (US);
Abstract
Driver airbag cushion assemblies comprising dampening means. In some embodiments, the assembly may comprise a driver airbag module, a steering wheel armature, and an intermediate plate positioned between the driver airbag module and the steering wheel armature. The assembly may further comprise one or more horn actuators, such as horn springs coupled to the airbag module, and one or more dampening members. The one or more dampening members may be used to couple two or more of the armature, plate, and airbag module together. In some embodiments, the dampening member(s) may be functionally and/or physically decoupled from the one or more horn actuators.