Steering wheel
AssigneeAutoliv Development AB
InventorsRyotaro Ishida, Kazuhiro Abe, Keisuke Honma, Hiroyoshi Shimono, Sumit Kumar
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Abstract
A steering wheel includes a steering wheel body, an airbag module, and a damper unit that connects the steering wheel body and the airbag module. The airbag module is mounted to the steering wheel body via the damper unit facing in a Z-axis first direction that is an example of a first direction. The damper unit is configured to apply a force on the airbag module in a state where the airbag module is mounted on the steering wheel body in a direction of pushing up the airbag module in a direction that intersects with the Z-axis first direction.
Claims12
A steering wheel comprising:
- a steering wheel body;
- an airbag module;
- and
- a damper unit connecting the steering wheel body and the airbag module and provided between the airbag module and the steering wheel body, the damper unit comprising:
- at least one coil spring including:
- a first end part secured to an airbag module bearing surface;
- a second end that is unsecured relative to the airbag module and the steering wheel body, the second end configured to contact a steering wheel body bearing surface;
- wherein the airbag module is mounted on the steering wheel body via the damper unit in a first direction, and
- the damper unit is configured to apply a force on the airbag module in a direction of pushing up the airbag module that is a direction that intersects with the first direction in a state where the airbag module is mounted on the steering wheel body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.