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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2012
Masakatsu Uehara, Tokyo, JP;
Masakatsu Uehara, Tokyo, JP;
Takata Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An airbag device includes an airbag, an inflator and a plurality of contact projections for horn switch which are held by a retainer, such that switching operation can be performed with respect to a steering wheel. When the contact projections for the horn switch are brought into contact with contact receiving portions of the steering wheel in response to a tilt operation according to a press by a driver, the horn are blown. Horn switch contacts are respectively provided in a plurality of contact members so as to be spaced from each other in a predetermined configuration, and each contact member is electrically connected to each other via the inflator.