Patent ID: 9073508
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: B60Q,B60R

Abstract:
1. A motor vehicle steering wheel within which an airbag module is mounted, the steering wheel comprising a recess within which the airbag module is received, the recess having an opening of a predetermined shape, and a cover having an outer surface and an inner surface disposed over and proximate the airbag module and substantially occluding the opening of the recess, the cover having a predetermined shape corresponding to the shape of the opening of the recess and an outer edge corresponding to an inner edge of the recess, wherein the outer edge of the cover comprises a flexible loop formed by extending an overlapping portion of the cover in relation to the inner edge of the recess to overlap the inner edge of the recess, folding the overlapping portion under the cover and attaching a distal end of the overlapping portion below the inner surface of the cover, whereby the flexible loop is proximate the inner edge of the recess about the outer edge of the cover.