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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2006
Applicant:
Keisuke Onohara, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Keisuke Onohara, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Takata Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
To provide a steering wheel and an airbag apparatus including a module cover, a portion thereof is operable to prevent an interior of the airbag apparatus from being viewed through a gap between the module cover and a spoke of the steering wheel. A projecting strip extending from an occupant side of a lower spoke of a steering wheel is configured to face the gap between the occupant side of the spoke and a lower rim of the module cover extending from the rear of the module cover.