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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2019
Autoliv Development Ab, Vargarda, SE;
Knut Schmeier, FĂĽrstenfeldbruck, DE;
Tomasz Skoneczny, Dachau, DE;
Dominik Zelmanski, Neustadt a.d. Donau, DE;
Felix Pollatschek, Munich, DE;
Klaus Massanetz, Wartenberg, DE;
Marcus Weber, Untertheres, DE;
Holger Zang, Bergkirchen, DE;
Sven Hoffmann, Dachau, DE;
Thomas Reiter, Vierkirchen, DE;
Wolfram Engelhardt, Dachau, DE;
Alexander Feicht, Sigmertshausen, DE;
Michael Gruhne, Augsburg, DE;
Autoliv Development AB, Vargarda, SE;
Abstract
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.