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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2006
Kei Tsujimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Wataru Nakazawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kei Tsujimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Wataru Nakazawa, Tokyo, JP;
Takata Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An airbag apparatus is mounted to a front surface side of a base member of a steering wheel so as to be capable of advancing and retracting in the direction of an axial line of a steering column. A mounting strip projects upright from a back surface of a retainer of the airbag apparatus. The base member is formed with a mounting strip insertion hole, so that the retainer is connected to the base member by pushing the mounting strip into the mounting strip insertion hole and engaging the mounting strip with an engaging spring. The steering wheel and airbag apparatus is simple in structure, and has reduced weight.