Patent ID: 6352280
Filing Date: 2002-03-05
Classification: B60Q,B60R

Abstract:
A steering wheel comprising;a steering wheel skeleton (1) consisting of a hub, spokes and a steering wheel rim; and an airbag module (6) housed in said steering wheel skeleton and which for actuation of a horn is displaceable against a return force parallel to the steering wheel axis; at least two upwardly open fork-like support sites (2) having locating holes (3) extending approximately perpendicularly to the steering wheel axis being embodied in the steering wheel skeleton (1); downwardly angled mounting shackles (7) having elongated holes (8) extending in the direction of the steering wheel axis being embodied on or attached to a generator support (5) of the airbag module (6) in a way corresponding with the support sites (2); the airbag module (6) being joined to the steering wheel skeleton (1) by means of retaining pins (4) inserted in the locating holes (3) and through the elongated holes (8); sheet sections (10) acting as leaf springs arranged between the generator support (5) and the steering wheel skeleton (1), which when in the assembled state, support, at their end sides, on abutments (12) at the steering wheel skeleton (1) and pretension the airbag module (6) against displacement in the horn actuation direction; plastic elements (11) or a surrounding plastic ring being arranged between the sheet sections (10) and the abutments (12), and in the area of the fork-like support sites (2) the retaining pins (4) serve as an abutment for the plastic elements (11) and the plastic ring, respectively.