Steering wheel unit
AssigneeAutoliv Development AB
InventorRaimund Nebel
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Abstract
A steering wheel unit with an airbag module and a steering wheel body is connectable to a steering column defining the axial direction. The steering wheel body includes an accommodation for the airbag module in the hub area. The airbag module can be pressed down against the steering wheel body against the force of at least one spring and at least two positioning units act between the airbag module and the steering wheel body. The positioning units are arranged in a center of gravity plane being perpendicular to the axial direction. In order to provide an easy mountability and a high degree of flexibility in respect of the installation space, the positioning units act at least in non-axial direction and the at least one spring is spaced from the positioning units.
Claims9
A steering wheel unit comprising:
- an airbag module and a steering wheel body connectable to a steering column defining an axial direction, the steering wheel body including an accommodation for the airbag module in a hub area, the airbag module able to be pressed down against the steering wheel body against a force of at least one spring;
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- at least two positioning units acting between the airbag module and the steering wheel body, which are arranged in a center of gravity plane perpendicular to the axial direction, the at least two positioning units acting at least in a non-axial direction;
- wherein the at least one spring is spaced from the at least two positioning units;
- wherein each positioning unit acts in exactly one first non-axial direction and does not have any positioning effect in a second non-axial direction which is perpendicular to the first non-axial direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.