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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2003
Xiaoping Xu, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Jason Luo, Troy, MI (US);
Adolfo Ridolfi, Verona, IT;
Federico Girardi, Verona, IT;
Giuseppe Testa, Illasi, IT;
Hubert Ross, Neu-Anspach, DE;
Detlef Munsch, Wiesbaden, DE;
Key Safety Systems, Inc., Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for installing an airbag assembly within a steering wheel assembly includes locating an airbag module engagement member with a corresponding armature engagement member. Once aligned, an operator presses downward on the airbag cover until switch engagement members engage their corresponding switch assembly receivers within the airbag cover. A clearance is formed between each armature engagement members and the corresponding airbag module engagement members when the module is mounted to the molded armature. Thus the switch assemblies support the airbag module.