# US 5,704,635 A · Air bag cover holding structure > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 5,704,635 A - Document ID: US5704635A - Status: Granted - Kind: A - Application number: 08/606,341 - Filed: 1996-02-23 - Granted: 1998-01-06 - Earliest claimed: 1995-03-15 - Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho - Inventors: Yuji Tajiri; Tsutomu Muraoka - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5704635A ## CPC - B60R 21/217: Inflation fluid source retainers, e.g. reaction canisters; Connection of bags, covers, diffusers or inflation fluid sources therewith or together - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract An air bag cover holding structure comprises: a plate-shaped bag holder for fixing an air bag cover to a steering wheel, the plate-shaped bag holder having engaging claws which are respectively engaged with hook-shaped grooves formed on an inner peripheral wall at an open-side end of the air bag cover; a reinforcing plate fixed in a state of overlapping with the plate-shaped bag holder and having engaging portions, the engaging portions being respectively inserted in plate inserting holes which are formed at the open-side end of the air bag cover in directions crossing the hook-shaped grooves so as to hold the air bag cover together with the engaging claws; and a pull-out prevention reinforcing member provided in at least one of the engaging claws and the engaging portions to prevent the air bag cover from being pulled out from the plate-shaped bag holder and the reinforcing plate. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An air bag cover holding structure comprising: a bag holder for fixing an air bag cover to a steering wheel, said bag holder having engaging claws which are respectively engaged with hook-shaped grooves formed on an inner peripheral wall at an open-side end of the air bag cover; a reinforcing plate fixed in a state of overlapping with said bag holder and having engaging portions, the engaging portions being respectively inserted in plate inserting holes which are formed at the open-side end of the air bag cover in directions of respective hook-shaped grooves so as to hold the air bag cover together with the engaging claws; and a pull-out prevention reinforcing member provided in at least one of the engaging claws and the engaging portions to prevent the air bag cover from being pulled out from said bag holder and said reinforcing plate. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) An air bag cover holding structure according to claim 1, wherein said pull-out prevention reinforcing member is provided in at least one of ends of the engaging claws and ends of the engaging portions and has projections and recesses formed to bite into the air bag cover. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) An air bag cover holding structure according to claim 2, wherein said projections and recesses are formed as a sawtoothed configuration. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) An air bag cover holding structure according to claim 1, wherein said pull-out prevention reinforcing member is provided on at least one of holding surfaces of said bag holder and holding surfaces of said reinforcing plate and is formed as projections to bite into the air bag cover, each of the holding surfaces of said bag holder facing a respective one of the holding surfaces of said reinforcing p/late with the air bag cover interposed therebetween. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) An air bag cover holding structure according to claim 4, wherein said projections are formed such that portions of each of the holding surfaces on which the projections are provided are cut and raised. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) An air bag cover holding structure according to claim 1, wherein said pull-out prevention reinforcing member includes protruding portions formed at an end of each of the engaging portions and engaging holes formed in each of the engaging claws, the protruding portions being respectively provided to pass through through holes formed in the air bag cover and to be inserted in the engaging holes. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) An air bag cover holding structure according to claim 6, further comprising: a pull-out preventing member provided in each of the protruding portions to prevent the protruding portions from being pulled out from the engaging holes. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) An air bag cover holding structure according to claim 7, wherein said pull-out preventing member is formed such that a portion of each of the protruding portions is cut and raised. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) An air bag cover holding structure according to claim 6, wherein the plurality of protruding portions and the plurality of engaging holes are respectively formed and arranged in each of the engaging portions and the engaging claws along longitudinal directions thereof. ### Claim 10 An air bag cover holding structure comprising: a bag holder for fixing an air bag cover to a steering wheel, said bag holder having engaging claws which are respectively engaged with hook-shaped grooves formed on an inner peripheral wall at an open-side end of the air bag cover; a reinforcing plate fixed in a state of overlapping with said bag holder and having engaging portions, the engaging portions being respectively inserted in plate inserting holes which are formed at the open-side end of the air bag cover in directions of respective hook-shaped grooves so as to hold the air bag cover together with the engaging claws; and pull-out prevention reinforcing projections and recesses provided in at least one of ends of the engaging claws and ends of the engaging portions and formed to bite into the air bag cover to prevent the air bag cover from being pulled out from said bag holder and said reinforcing plate. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) An air bag cover holding structure according to claim 10, wherein said pull-out prevention reinforcing projections and recesses are formed as a sawtoothed configuration. ### Claim 12 An air bag cover holding structure comprising: a bag holder for fixing an air bag cover to a steering wheel, said bag holder having engaging claws which are respectively engaged with hook-shaped grooves formed on an inner peripheral wall at an open-side end of the air bag cover; a reinforcing plate fixed in a state of overlapping with said bag holder and having engaging portions, the engaging portions being respectively inserted in plate inserting holes which are formed at the open-side end of the air bag cover in directions of respective hook-shaped grooves so as to hold the air bag cover together with the engaging claws; and pull-out prevention reinforcing projections provided on at least one of holding surfaces of said bag holder and holding surfaces of said reinforcing plate and formed to bite into the air bag cover to prevent the air bag cover from being pulled out from said bag holder and said reinforcing plate, each of the holding surfaces of said bag holder facing a respective one of the holding surfaces of said reinforcing plate with the air bag cover interposed therebetween. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) An air bag cover holding structure according to claim 12, wherein said pull-out prevention reinforcing projections are formed such that portions of each of the holding surfaces on which the projections are provided are cut and raised. ### Claim 14 An air bag cover holding structure comprising: a bag holder for fixing an air bag cover to a steering wheel, said bag holder having engaging claws which are respectively engaged with hook-shaped grooves formed on an inner peripheral wall at an open-side end of the air bag cover; a reinforcing plate fixed in a state of overlapping with said bag holder and having engaging portions, the engaging portions being respectively inserted in plate inserting holes which are formed at the open-side end of the air bag cover in directions of respective hook-shaped grooves so as to hold the air bag cover together with the engaging claws; and a pull-out prevention reinforcing member for preventing the air bag cover from being pulled out from said bag holder and said reinforcing plate, said pull-out prevention reinforcing member including protruding portions formed at an end of each of the engaging portions and engaging holes formed in each of the engaging claws and the protruding portions being provided to pass through through holes formed in the air bag cover and to be inserted in the engaging holes. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) An air bag cover holding structure according to claim 14, further comprising: a pull-out preventing member provided in each of the protruding portions to prevent the protruding portions from being pulled out from the engaging holes. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) An air bag cover holding structure according to claim 15, wherein said pull-out preventing member is formed such that a portion of each of the protruding portions is cut and raised. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) An air bag cover holding structure according to claim 14, wherein the plurality of protruding portions and the plurality of engaging holes are respectively formed and arranged in each of the engaging portions and the engaging claws along longitudinal directions thereof. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) An air bag cover holding structure according to claim 17, further comprising: a pull-out preventing member provided in each of the protruding portions to prevent the protruding portions from being pulled out from the engaging holes. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) An air bag cover holding structure according to claim 18, wherein said pull-out preventing member is formed such that a portion of each of the protruding portions is cut and raised.