Steering wheel assembly having an air bag device

A steering wheel assembly comprising:

• a ring portion;
• a boss portion having a boss for connecting to a steering shaft of a vehicle and a boss plate laterally extending from said boss;
• spoke means connecting said ring portion with said boss portion;
• bracket means made of plastically deformable metal having supporting portions inclined at an angle in directions outwardly toward said ring portion and being attached to one of said boss portion and spoke means;
• and
• an air bag device held at a predetermined distance from said boss plate by said bracket means,
• said air bag device including a folded expandable air bag, an inflater for inflating said air bag, a pad covering said air bag and a bag holder holding said air bag, said inflater and said pad,
• said bag holder having connecting portions inclined respectively at the same angle as said supporting portions of said bracket means,
• said connecting portions being rotatably connected to said supporting portions for causing deformation of said supporting portions to absorb energy from an impact with the air bag.