Patent ID: 9027960
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A front airbag device for a vehicle, the airbag device comprising: a steering wheel of the vehicle and an airbag module that is attached to a center of the steering wheel, the airbag module including an airbag and a housing that stores the airbag, the steering wheel including a positioning hook that is hooked on the housing so as to restrict the position of the airbag module; and a retaining hook that extends toward the housing so as to prevent removal of the airbag module by being hooked on the housing when the airbag module moves in a direction of being removed from the steering wheel; the housing including a positioning tab on which the positioning hook is hooked and which is configured to be connected to or disconnected from the positioning hook by being elastically deflected in a deflected direction; and an elastic body on which the retaining hook is hooked when the airbag module moves in the direction of being removed from the steering wheel, the positioning tab being provided near the elastic body and further including an extension portion that extends the shape of the positioning tab, the steering wheel further including a window portion that allows the extension portion to be visible from the outside of the airbag device, and when elastically deflected in the deflection direction, the positioning tab being configured to disconnect from the positioning hook and to press, bend, and move the elastic body so as to prevent the elastic body from making contact with the retaining hook during removal of the airbag module.