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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2006
Applicant:
Alexander Gulde, Haimhausen, DE;
Inventor:
Alexander Gulde, Haimhausen, DE;
Assignee:
Autoliv Development AB, Vargarda, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A steering wheel arrangement includes a steering wheel frame and an airbag unit positioned at the hub region of the steering wheel frame. The airbag unit includes an airbag housing and an airbag cover. The airbag cover covers the airbag housing and incorporating opaque cover portion projecting outwardly beyond a side of the airbag housing. The arrangement further includes a light source shielded behind the cover portion and positioned outside the airbag housing such that light emitted from the light source passes outwardly from beneath the opaque cover portion and is incident on, and illuminates, part of the steering wheel frame.