Patent ID: 9592783
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: B60R

Claim:
1. A steering wheel unit comprising: a steering wheel body and an air bag module positioned on the steering wheel body and configured to be depressed in an axial direction against the steering wheel body, whereby a spring element acting in the axial direction is positioned between the steering wheel body and the air bag module wherein the spring element acts against both a steering wheel body surface and an airbag module surface, at least one positioning unit to position the air bag module on the steering wheel body, including a steering wheel side positioning element formed by the steering wheel body with at least one first rigid positioning surface, and an air bag module side positioning element formed by the airbag module with at least a rigid second positioning surface, wherein the first and the second positioning surfaces are parallel to each other with a non-depressed air bag module and abut one other at an abutting interface under the force of the spring element, and the first and the second positioning surfaces are each angled with respect to a reference plane which is perpendicular to the axial direction; wherein the abutting interface is disposed at an axial position relative to the steering wheel body surface against which the spring acts, and the spring element is disposed axially between the steering wheel body surface and the abutting interface.