Patent ID: 7264266
Filing Date: 2007-09-04
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A steering-wheel arrangement comprising a steering wheel and an air-bag unit to be mounted on the steering-wheel, the steering-wheel incorporating at least one mounting unit, the air-bag unit having a cover with a periphery which, when the air-bag unit is in position on the steering-wheel, lies adjacent one or more fixed parts of the steering-wheel, defining a gap therebetween, the air-bag unit having at least one connecting pin, the connecting pin being engageable with a respective mounting unit on the steering-wheel, the mounting unit comprising a housing, the housing defining at least one aperture through which a connecting pin may be inserted, the housing containing a spring clip to engage part of the connecting pin to prevent the connecting pin from being withdrawn out of the aperture, and thus to retain the air-bag unit, wherein co-operating locating elements are provided on the air-bag unit and on the steering-wheel, the locating elements being located at two or more spaced-apart positions and being distanced from the connecting pin by a distance greater than one-third of the distance from the connecting pin to the closest part of the periphery of the cover.