Steering device assembly and method for installing an airbag module on a steering device of a motor vehicle

A steering device assembly for positioning and fastening an airbag module on a rotatable steering device of a motor vehicle, the steering device comprising:

• a first positioning body;
• a second positioning body;
• and
• a plurality of detent lever units operatively connected to the first positioning body;
• wherein each detent lever unit includes a detent lever, a carrier and a spring element;
• wherein each detent lever includes a first leg and a second leg, each of the first and second legs having first leg ends and second free leg ends disposed opposite of the first leg ends;
• the first and second legs being connected together at the first leg ends of the first and second legs such that the first leg and the second leg extends from the respective first leg ends at a specified angle;
• wherein the detent lever is mounted to the carrier for pivoting movement between an initial position and a final assembly position at the respective first leg ends and wherein the carrier is mounted to the first positioning body;
• wherein the second positioning body has a plurality of stops formed therein that corresponds to a number of the detent lever units, wherein the stops assist in pivoting each detent lever from the initial position into the final assembly position;
• and
• wherein the second positioning body includes a detent contour that receives the free leg end of the second leg when the detent is in the final assembly position.

A steering device assembly for positioning and fastening an airbag module on a rotatable steering device of a motor vehicle, comprising:

• a first positioning body and a second positioning body, wherein the first positioning body has a detent lever including a first leg and a second leg connected to the first leg,
• a carrier on which the detent lever is mounted for pivoting between an initial position and a final assembly position, and
• a spring element for loading the detent lever into the final assembly position,
• wherein the two legs of the detent lever are connected to each other at one leg end and each leg extends to an opposite free leg end at a specified angle,
• wherein the second positioning body has a stop for the free leg end of the first leg for pivoting the detent lever from the initial position into the final assembly position and a detent contour for locking with the free leg end of the second leg in the final assembly position of the detent lever, and
• wherein the spring element loads the detent lever depending on the pivoting position thereof into the initial position or the final assembly position, whichever is closer.