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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 1991

Filed:

Aug. 03, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:

Masaaki Kawaguchi, Utsunomiya, JP;

Tomio Okamuro, Utsunomiya, JP;

Keiichi Shirose, Utsunomiya, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
280731 ; 280736 ; 280741 ;
Abstract

A vibration suppression apparatus for a steering wheel having an air bag unit attached to the steering wheel body. The air bag unit includes a gas generator and a bag. At least part of the air bag unit is attached to the steering wheel body through a resilient means and thus, functions as a damper wieght, thus enabling the vibration of the steering wheel to be suppressed by the dynamic damper effect.


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