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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2015
Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Kiyosu-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Norio Umemura, Kiyosu, JP;
Tsutomu Ishii, Kiyosu, JP;
Kosuke Shigeta, Kiyosu, JP;
Osamu Hirose, Kiyosu, JP;
TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD., Aichi-pref., JP;
Abstract
A damping system includes: a fixed member; an airbag device including a back holder and disposed on a rear side of the fixed member; an elastic member mounted in a mounting hole of the back holder; and a horn switch mechanism including a support member supported on the fixed member on a front side of the back holder, and a slider disposed between the support member and the elastic member. The airbag device functions as a damper mass of a dynamic damper, and the elastic member functions as a spring thereof. The horn switch mechanism includes an extended portion extending forwards. An engaged portion is formed at a circumferential edge portion of the mounting hole to extend rearwards. The elastic member includes an engaging portion opened in a front surface thereof. The elastic member is sandwiched by the engaged portion fitted in the engaging portion and the extended portion.