Patent ID: 6530596
Filing Date: 2003-03-11
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A steering device for a vehicle, comprising:an airbag module, the airbag module including a gas generator and an airbag; a steering wheel; a steering column, the steering column including an extreme steering-wheel hub, the steering wheel being mounted on the extreme steering-wheel hub, the extreme steering wheel hub having a cup-shaped design and including an outlet wall having an openable cover, the gas generator and the airbag being disposed behind the openable cover, the openable cover unblocking an airbag outlet through which the airbag is inflatable in front of the steering wheel when the airbag module is in an activated state; a pyrotechnic actuator, the pyrotechnic actuator including a cylinder-piston unit, the gas generator defining the piston thereof, at least one of the steering-wheel hub and the steering column defining the cylinder thereof, the gas generator being supported in a cylinder region of the at least one of the steering-wheel hub and the steering column so as to be movable from a neutral position into a working position; and at least one pulling device coupled to the cover, the at least one pulling device being actuatable by the pyrotechnic actuator; wherein the at least one pulling device is connected to the gas generator unit at least one of indirectly and directly so that, in response to the gas generator being shifted in the cylinder region, a tensile force is applied to the at least one pulling device so that the at least one pulling device transfers the cover from a covering position to an open position to unblock the airbag outlet.