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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2006
Keiichiro Fujita, Atsugi, JP;
Tsutomu Koizumi, Atsugi, JP;
Takayuki Hisajima, Atsugi, JP;
Autoliv Development AB, Vargarda, SE;
Abstract
A floating type air bag device able to prevent backlash of a module cover and easily position the module cover with respect to a steering wheel without dispersion and a sacrifice of an operation feeling of horn sounding is provided. The air bag device has a retainer () to which an inflator and a folded air bag are attached, the retainer () being fixed to a steering wheel armature () and having a plurality of hooks () formed in a side wall portion thereof (); a module cover () in which the module cover covers the air bag and the hook () is engaged with an opening () of a leg piece portion () projected from a rear side and the module cover () can be vertically moved with respect to the retainer (); a horn plate () attached along a circumferential edge of the module cover (); a contact plate () attached to an extending-out portion () of the retainer () or the horn plate (); and a horn spring () arranged between the horn plate () and the retainer (); wherein a first position regulation section (pin) () of the retainer () to the steering wheel () is received by a resin coating portion () of the steering wheel armature, and is placed below a second position regulation section (C) formed by the opening () of the leg piece portion () of the module cover () and a pawl () extended in the retainer ().