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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2009
Raimund Nebel, Obermeitingen, DE;
Remi Baillivet, Dampierre-en-Bray, FR;
David Palm, Davisburg, MI (US);
Yutaka Tsuchida, Ibaraki, JP;
Akira Ueki, Kanagawa, JP;
Richard Lawrence Matsu, Plymouth, MI (US);
Jean-bernard Tessier, Poitiers, FR;
Raimund Nebel, Obermeitingen, DE;
Remi Baillivet, Dampierre-en-Bray, FR;
David Palm, Davisburg, MI (US);
Yutaka Tsuchida, Ibaraki, JP;
Akira Ueki, Kanagawa, JP;
Richard Lawrence Matsu, Plymouth, MI (US);
Jean-Bernard Tessier, Poitiers, FR;
Autoliv Development AB, Vargarda, SE;
Abstract
A steering wheel unit for a motor vehicle. The steering wheel unit has a steering wheel and an airbag module () located in the hub area of the steering wheel. This airbag module forms a housing (), an airbag () folded into the housing, and a gas generator (). The airbag module can be pushed down against the force of at least one spring element to activate a horn, whereby positioning means are present which define the position of the airbag module in relation to the steering wheel. In order to achieve a high degree of operational reliability and a very exact positioning of the airbag module in the steering wheel, at least one retaining means () is present which acts between the airbag module and the steering wheel (). This retaining means is ineffective in the absence of outer forces and when the airbag module () is pressed down to activate a horn.