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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2006
Ippei Yamachi, Hiroshima, JP;
Ryoji Funahashi, Hiroshima, JP;
Naoki Kaneko, Hiroshima, JP;
Masanobu Fukushima, Hiroshima, JP;
Yasunori Sasaki, Hiroshima, JP;
Akihiro Kobayashi, Hiroshima, JP;
Ippei Yamachi, Hiroshima, JP;
Ryoji Funahashi, Hiroshima, JP;
Naoki Kaneko, Hiroshima, JP;
Masanobu Fukushima, Hiroshima, JP;
Yasunori Sasaki, Hiroshima, JP;
Akihiro Kobayashi, Hiroshima, JP;
Mazda Motor Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A ring portion of a steering wheel is disposed to be inclined relative to a vertical direction with an inclined angle between 40 and 90 degrees, when viewed from a vehicle width direction, and a bag portion has a larger configuration than the ring portion so as to cover over the ring portion when an airbag inflation is completed. Accordingly, there can be provided the steering wheel equipped with the so-called donut type of airbag portion of a airbag device that can perform its advantages fully and thereby improve the driver's protection.